📒 wet earth that is soft and sticky
📒 not clear at all; not easy to understand
📒 to criticize or say bad things about somebody in public, in a way that is unfair
📒 to criticize somebody or accuse somebody of bad things in order to damage their reputation, especially in politics
📒 people remember and believe the bad things they hear about other people, even if they are later shown to be false
📒 used to say that somebody is not liked or popular because of something they have done