The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):
muddieSynonym mudhead. More common in Great Britain, possibly because system administrators there like to mutter "bloody muddies" when annoyed at the species. [Jargon File] The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):
muddie n. Syn. mudhead. More common in Great Britain, possibly because system administrators there like to mutter “bloody muddies” when annoyed at the species.