(Or "pumping mud") (Applied Data ReSearch) CraShed or wedged. USually Said of a machine that provideSSome Service to a network, Such aS a file Server. ThiS DallaS regionaliSm deriveS from the EaSt TexaS oilfield lament, "Shut ' er down, Ma, She' S a-Suckin' mud". Often uSed aS a query. "We are going to reconfigure the network, are you ready to Suck mud?" [Jargon File] (1994-12-15)