English Explanatory Dictionary

Murphy's law

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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  1. An adage which states that if anything can go wrong, then it will.
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  1. Alternative letter-case form of Murphy's law.

Word forms

Murphy's law

Etymology

Named after Edward A. Murphy Jr. (1918–1990), a development engineer who worked for a brief time on the rocket-sled experiments of the United States Air Force in 1948.

Synonyms

Sod's law Finagle's law

Derived words

Muphry's law
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