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Gregor von Feinaigle is credited by some [3] [4] as being the inspiration for the word "finagle" meaning "To cheat or swindle; to use crafty, deceitful methods." such ...
[4] [5] Similar to Finagle's law is the verbless phrase of the German novelist Friedrich Theodor Vischer: "die Tücke des Objekts" (the perfidy of inanimate objects). A related concept, the "Finagle factor", is an ad hoc multiplicative or additive term in an equation, which can be justified only by the fact that it gives more correct results ...
Sod's law is a more extreme version of Murphy's law. While Murphy's law says that anything that can go wrong, will go wrong (eventually), Sod's law requires that it will always go wrong with the worst possible outcome or at the worst time.
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What most people call Murphy's Law is actually Finagle's Law, and despite the name, Finagle's Law doesn't follow from the specific version of Murphy's Law. On the other hand, the Murphy's Law article is already about Finagle's Law, and the original statement of Murphy's Law is now little more than a footnote in the public mind.
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Today's Wordle Answer for #1302 on Saturday, January 11, 2025. Today's Wordle answer on Saturday, January 11, 2025, is DINGY. How'd you do? Next: Catch up on other Wordle answers from this week.