1 definition by Roger Palmer
A seemingly supernatural force that produces misfortune equal parts preposterous, humiliating, and calamitous. To be Murphied is to somehow have this force visited upon you, rendering you a tragicomical schmuck. To Murphy is to somehow direct this force at an opponent, thereby rendering the opponent a tragicomical schmuck.
As a sports journalist, I cannot recall a worse Murphying than that visited upon the opposing quarterback, whose game-losing interception was returned for a touchdown, after which the defensive back performed a tasteless victory celebration that simulated oral sex with the quarterback's elderly mother, who never imagined that a front row seat would perfectly situate her for such a humiliation.
by Roger Palmer January 10, 2018