Murphy's law

Murphy's Law English Alternative forms en Murphy's Law Etymology en 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. Proper noun An adage which states that if anything can go wrong, then it will. en Sod's law Finagle's law en Ettore's observation serendipity en 1953 Anne Roe The Making of a Scientist 214 I ran into the perfect exemplification of “Murphy's law” at one university, where everything that could go wrong did! en 2004 Ian Stewart Math Hysteria OUP Oxford 9780191647451 Thus we find that Murphy's Law is not a coincidence at all, but the consequence of a deep ‘anthropomurphic principle’: any universe built along conventional lines that contains intelligent polymurphs will conform to Murphy's Law. en 2014 Muriel Spark The Golden Fleece Carcanet 9781847775320 ‘It was an application of Murphy's Law,’ said one Vatican dignitary in a resigned voice. What was Murphy's Law? ‘Murphy's Law,’ said the dignitary, ‘is that everything that can possibly go wrong will go wrong.’ Derived terms en Muphry's law Translations adage which states that if anything can go wrong it will Basque: eu Murphyren legea Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 摩菲定理 Mófēi dìnglǐ, cmn 墨菲定律 Mòfēi dìnglǜ Czech: cs Murphyho zákon m Finnish: fi Murphyn laki French: fr loi de Murphy f German: de Murphys Gesetz n Greek: el νόμος του Μέρφυ Hungarian: hu Murphy törvénye Japanese: ja マーフィーの法則 Māfī-no hōsoku Korean: ko 머피의 법칙 Norwegian: no Loven om tingenes iboende faenskap. Polish: pl prawo Murphy'ego n Portuguese: pt Lei de Murphy f Russian: ru зако́н по́длости m, ru зако́н Мёрфи m Spanish: es ley de Murphy f Swedish: sv lagen om alltings jävlighet, sv lagen om alltings inneboende ondska, sv Murphys lag Turkish: tr Murphy kanunları p Further reading Anagrams en ahlmprsuwy Muphry's law en adages ending in "law"