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American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

  1. n. Any of certain humorous axioms stating that anything that can possibly go wrong, will go wrong.

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  1. n. Alternative form of Murphy's law.

WordNet 3.0

  1. n. humorous axiom stating that anything that can go wrong will go wrong

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  1. From the name Murphy. (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition)

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