Murphy's Law

The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | 336 words | Copyright

Murphy's Law a supposed law of nature, expressed in various humorous popular sayings, to the effect that anything that can go wrong will go wrong. It is named for Captain Edward A. Murphy, who performed studies on deceleration for the US Air Force in 1949 (during which he noted that if things could be done wrongly, they would be).

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