Usually means: Anything that can, will go wrong.
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  1. Murphy's Law: Merriam-Webster
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  3. Murphy's Law: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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Computing (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Murphy's Law: Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
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  3. Murphy's Law, Murphys law: Encyclopedia

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Miscellaneous (3 matching dictionaries)
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  1. murphys law: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (Murphy's Law)

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


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