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SOD'S LAW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sod's Law mean? 

SOD'S LAW (noun)
  The noun SOD'S LAW has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SOD'S LAW used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOD'S LAW (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Synonyms:

Murphy's Law; Sod's Law

Hypernyms ("Sod's Law" is a kind of...):

gnome (a short pithy saying expressing a general truth)


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