sod's law

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   humorous axiom stating that anything that can go wrong will go wrong

   SynonymsMurphy's Law

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Questions about sod's law

What does sod's law mean?

sod's law means "humorous axiom stating that anything that can go wrong will go wrong".

What is another word for sod's law?

Close synonyms include Murphy's Law. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is sod's law a common word?

sod's law is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.