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Proper name [English]

IPA: /mʌd/
Rhymes: -ʌd Etymology: Borrowed from Spanish MUD (“Mesa de la Unidad Democrática”). Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|es:MUD<t:Mesa de la Unidad Democrática>|text=+|tree=1}} [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "Mesa de la Unidad Democrática", "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Spanish", "term" : "MUD", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "es" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "MUD", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="MUD"> Borrowed from Spanish MUD (“Mesa de la Unidad Democrática”)., {{ety|en|:bor|es:MUD<t:Mesa de la Unidad Democrática>|text=+|tree=1}} Borrowed from Spanish MUD (“Mesa de la Unidad Democrática”). Head templates: {{en-prop}} MUD
  1. (Venezuelan politics) Democratic Unity Roundtable, a coalition of opposition political parties in Venezuela.
    Sense id: en-MUD-en-name-4y4RZM04 Categories (other): Venezuelan politics, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 43 21 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 35 41 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /mʌd/ Forms: MUDs [plural], mud [alternative]
Rhymes: -ʌd Head templates: {{en-noun}} MUD (plural MUDs)
  1. (video games, online gaming) Acronym of multi-user dungeon, an interactive online environment in which players may jointly engage in fantasy role-playing games. Tags: Internet, abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: multi-user dungeon (extra: an interactive online environment in which players may jointly engage in fantasy role-playing games) Derived forms: mudder, MUDder, MUDer, MUDding [noun], mudflation, MUDflation, mudhead, MUDhead
    Sense id: en-MUD-en-noun-en:multi_user_dungeon Categories (other): Video game genres, Video games, English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymon, English entries with incorrect language header, English links with manual fragments, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 35 43 22 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 29 48 23 Disambiguation of English entries with etymon: 33 47 20 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 33 43 24 Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 32 43 24 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 34 42 24 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 43 21 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 35 41 24 Topics: games, gaming, video-games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /mʌd/ Forms: MUDs [present, singular, third-person], MUDing [participle, present], MUDding [participle, present], MUDed [participle, past], MUDed [past], MUDded [participle, past], MUDded [past], mud [alternative]
Rhymes: -ʌd Head templates: {{en-verb|+|+|+|past2=MUDded|pres_ptc2=MUDding}} MUD (third-person singular simple present MUDs, present participle MUDing or MUDding, simple past and past participle MUDed or MUDded)
  1. (intransitive, Internet) To participate in a multi-user dungeon. Tags: Internet, intransitive
    Sense id: en-MUD-en-verb-en:participate_in_a_MUD Categories (other): Internet, English links with manual fragments, Pages with entries, Pages with etymon Disambiguation of English links with manual fragments: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 36 43 21 Disambiguation of Pages with etymon: 35 41 24
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Proper name [Spanish]

Head templates: {{es-proper noun|f}} MUD f, {{tlb|es|Venezuelan politics}} (Venezuelan politics)
  1. initialism of Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (“Democratic Unity Roundtable”), a coalition of opposition political parties in Venezuela. Tags: abbreviation, alt-of, feminine, initialism Alternative form of: Mesa de la Unidad Democrática (extra: (“Democratic Unity Roundtable”), a coalition of opposition political parties in Venezuela)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "text": "(Tone of a grumpy old man) : Why when *I* was MUDding we didn't have anyone teach us commands, no sirreee, why I had to walk 10 miles, up hill, in the snow to get to the Town Square! That was the way it was and we *LIKED* it! ;)",
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          "text": "I've been the creator/administrator of some of the biggest Pern areas around. I've been MUDing since oh, 1989. […] I think this qualifies me as a REAL player of MUDs, as you so quaintly put it.",
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          "text": "I've been MUDing on and off for about 6 or 7 years and have seen a lot of MUDs come and go. I believe we're coming to the end of text based adventuring and the transition to full graphic based environments is already happening.",
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          "ref": "1998 February 13, Adrian, “Will do Player Relations for Pure PK MUD”, in alt.mud (Usenet):",
          "text": "I have been MUDing for around two years, I have been an Imm, as builder, admin, Player Relations, and Questmaster, off and on, for various MUDs, for over a year. Good PK MUDs are hard to find, and I want to make yours even better!",
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          "ref": "1998 July 22, Necrosse, “The Future of Mudding”, in rec.games.mud.admin (Usenet):",
          "text": "I have been MUDding for 6 years. I believe personally that MUDs shall live far longer than we realize. MUDs are mostly free to play and college people seem to be the majority of players and admin staff.",
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          "ref": "1999 July 16, Amanda Carlston, “MUDs, their bad image, and what can we do?”, in rec.games.mud.admin (Usenet):",
          "text": "Before anyone says anything, Moses is a joke among Aber players. He runs a MUD and we are fairly sure at some time he is plugged in to nearly every Aber and probably a few more types of MUDs. In fact, he was on a list of 'You know you've MUDded too much when...' statements once posted on the Northern Lights wizboard.",
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          "ref": "2009 July 14, Doug Jacobs, “What we expect out of the next generation Xbox”, in alt.games.video.xbox (Usenet):",
          "text": "Meanwhile, my brother met his wife (of 9 years) on a MUD, while another friend of mine skipped a final because he'd just gotten a good set of armor. I think the worst case I saw was this one girl who - literally - spent a solid week at the computer center I worked at, MUDding non-stop. She only left momentarily to go to the bathroom or grab a candy bar out of the vending machine.",
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          "ref": "1991 January 11, !* Child of Chaos *!, “Questions about MUD”, in rec.games.mud (Usenet):",
          "text": "(Tone of a grumpy old man) : Why when *I* was MUDding we didn't have anyone teach us commands, no sirreee, why I had to walk 10 miles, up hill, in the snow to get to the Town Square! That was the way it was and we *LIKED* it! ;)",
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          "ref": "1992 February 13, Heather Garvey, “In response to Miss Garvey's comments on Amherst MUD”, in rec.games.mud (Usenet):",
          "text": "I've been the creator/administrator of some of the biggest Pern areas around. I've been MUDing since oh, 1989. […] I think this qualifies me as a REAL player of MUDs, as you so quaintly put it.",
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          "ref": "1997 January 14, Brian Hassink, “The future of MUDing...”, in rec.games.mud.diku (Usenet):",
          "text": "I've been MUDing on and off for about 6 or 7 years and have seen a lot of MUDs come and go. I believe we're coming to the end of text based adventuring and the transition to full graphic based environments is already happening.",
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          "ref": "1998 February 13, Adrian, “Will do Player Relations for Pure PK MUD”, in alt.mud (Usenet):",
          "text": "I have been MUDing for around two years, I have been an Imm, as builder, admin, Player Relations, and Questmaster, off and on, for various MUDs, for over a year. Good PK MUDs are hard to find, and I want to make yours even better!",
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          "ref": "1998 July 22, Necrosse, “The Future of Mudding”, in rec.games.mud.admin (Usenet):",
          "text": "I have been MUDding for 6 years. I believe personally that MUDs shall live far longer than we realize. MUDs are mostly free to play and college people seem to be the majority of players and admin staff.",
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          "ref": "1999 July 16, Amanda Carlston, “MUDs, their bad image, and what can we do?”, in rec.games.mud.admin (Usenet):",
          "text": "Before anyone says anything, Moses is a joke among Aber players. He runs a MUD and we are fairly sure at some time he is plugged in to nearly every Aber and probably a few more types of MUDs. In fact, he was on a list of 'You know you've MUDded too much when...' statements once posted on the Northern Lights wizboard.",
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          "ref": "2009 July 14, Doug Jacobs, “What we expect out of the next generation Xbox”, in alt.games.video.xbox (Usenet):",
          "text": "Meanwhile, my brother met his wife (of 9 years) on a MUD, while another friend of mine skipped a final because he'd just gotten a good set of armor. I think the worst case I saw was this one girl who - literally - spent a solid week at the computer center I worked at, MUDding non-stop. She only left momentarily to go to the bathroom or grab a candy bar out of the vending machine.",
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        "(intransitive, Internet) To participate in a multi-user dungeon."
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