one's name is mud
Examples
“His name⟳ will be mud once people learn⟳ the truth about why he was fired.”
“My name⟳ is Mud / Not to be confused with Bill, or Jack, or Pete, or Dennis / My name⟳ is Mud, it's always been / 'Cause I'm the most boring sonsabitch you've ever seen / I dress in blue, yes, navy blue from head to toe / I'm rather drab, except my patent shoes / I make⟳ 'em shine⟳, well, most the time”
“Thanks to disastrously unpopular attempts by the likes of BuzzFeed to create⟳ AI-assisted content, its name⟳ is mud in the media industry.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
See also
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