Finagle's law

English

Etymology

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Proper noun

Finagle's law

1. An adage which states that if anything can go wrong, then it will at the worst possible moment.

   Synonyms: Murphy's law, Sod's law

   • 1967, Theodore Sturgeon, “Amok Time”, in Star Trek, season 2, episode 1 (television production), spoken by Captain James T. Kirk (William Shatner):

     Head directly for Altair Six. Sailor's luck, Mister Spock. Or, as one of Finagle's Laws puts it, 'Any home port the ship makes ill be somebody else's, not mine'.

Coordinate terms

• serendipity

Translations

Murphy's law — see Murphy's law

Further reading

• Finagle's law on Wikipedia.Wikipedia