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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I thought the expression “your name is mud” referred to your name being in the dirt.  Two years ago I learned it was “your name is Mudd” [b]referring to the doctor, Dr Mudd[/b], who took care of President Lincoln’s murderer John Wilkes Booth and the doctor’s name and reputation we’re ruined.

I also just learned that east/west interstates are even numbers while north/south are odd numbers.  [/quote]

Mark today as the day I learned that!
I only learned about the interstates about 5 year ago when my husband casually mentioned it. 
-- 51 year old here....[/quote]

https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/your-name-is-mud.html

“Actually, whether Dr. Mudd was innocent or not is of little consequence in regard to the origin of 'your name is mud', as it was in general circulation long before Lincoln was assassinated. This citation comes from John Badcock (a.k.a. 'J. Bee’) in Slang - A Dictionary of the Turf etc., 1823:
"Mud - a stupid twaddling fellow. ‘And his name is mud!’ ejaculated upon the conclusion of a silly oration, or of a leader in the Courier."[/quote]

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