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Muphry's law

Muphry's law proper noun: a humorous adage stating that any written criticism of another writer's editing or proofreading will itself contain an error.

Proper noun

Muphry's law

  1. (humorous) A humorous adage stating that any written criticism of another writer's editing or proofreading will itself contain an error.

Origin of Muphry's law

Suggesting a typographical error for Murphy's law.

Questions about Muphry's law

What does Muphry's law mean?
Muphry's law means a humorous adage stating that any written criticism of another writer's editing or proofreading will itself contain an error.
What part of speech is Muphry's law?
Muphry's law is a proper noun.

Words near Muphry's law in the dictionary

  1. muononium
  2. muons
  3. MUP
  4. mupamine
  5. Muphrid
  6. Muphry's law
  7. Muping
  8. mupirocin
  9. mupload
  10. muploaded
  11. muploading

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