- John: "So I emailed my professor about the misspellings and grammar in the chapter we had to read. Then I realized after I sent it that I wrote 'proffesor'". Sean: "Haha, it's Muphry's Law. Accept it."
Muphry's Law
folk etymology Noun
An adage that states that if someone says or writes something criticizing grammar or proofreading, then there will be something wrong with the grammar of what he said or wrote. It is an intentional misspelling of Murphy's Law, which states that anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
Etymology : A humorous and self-referential misspelling of Murphy's Law, appearing since at least 1992. The history of Murphy's Law is unclear, but one origin is American engineer Edward Murphy, who said the adage in the late 1940s after a series of failed experiments.
Source : It was written about by John Bangsund in 1992 in the Society of Editors Newsletter. http://home.pacific.net.au/~bangsund/muphry.htm
Last modified: 5 December 2011