Murphy
Common Irish name
Murphy is an Irish surname, among the most common in Ireland and its diaspora.
As a given name, it has gained popularity for both sexes.
A murphy is also slang for a potato, from the Irish association with that crop.
A murphy bed is a bed that folds into a wall cabinet.
Murphy's Law holds that anything that can go wrong will go wrong.
Irish capital city
- CelticOf Irish-Welsh descent
- GaelicCeltic linguistic tradition
- ShamrockIrish-themed proper name
- GuinnessIrish dry stout brand
Emerald Isle · Blarney · Claddagh · Hibernia · craic · soda bread · fiddle · Riverdance
Study of family descent
- ancestryFamily line of descent
- familyRelated people together
- heritageInherited cultural legacy
- lineageDescent from progenitors
clan · patronymic · kinship · descent · bloodline · dynasty · relatives · pedigree
Expecting unfavorable outcomes
- bad luckUnfavorable chance events
- jinxCurse bringing misfortune
- misfortuneAdverse circumstance or event
- worst-caseMost unfavorable outcome imaginable
timing · irony · inevitability · frustration · adage · comedy · relatability · everyday
Dublin
Irish capital city
Guinness · Emerald Isle · Blarney · Claddagh · Hibernia · craic · soda bread · fiddle · Riverdance · Connemara
genealogy
Study of family descent
lineage · clan · patronymic · kinship · descent · bloodline · dynasty · relatives · pedigree · legacy
pessimism
Expecting unfavorable outcomes
- bad luckUnfavorable chance events
- jinxCurse bringing misfortune
- misfortuneAdverse circumstance or event
worst-case · timing · irony · inevitability · frustration · adage · comedy · relatability · everyday · universal
spud
Potato, colloquially
mashing · roasting · famine · Irish potato · comfort food · starch · peeling · eyes · harvest · root vegetable
- Celebrity NamesAffleck, Anderson, Aniston, Blanchett, Brando
- Irish SurnamesO'Brien, Kelly, O'Neill, O'Connor, Walsh
- pet namessweetheart, darling, Buddy, honey, Max
- Irish NamesO'Brien, O'Connor, O'Neill, O'Sullivan, O'Donnell
- Common SurnamesSmith, Jones, Brown, Wilson, Miller
- Fuel Sellersgas station, petrol station, filling station, service station, BP
MurphyPollyanna
Excessively positive person
optimism · serendipity · lucky break · best-case scenario · beginner's luck
- Murphy's LawAnything awry will be
- Eddie Murphy
- Murphy bedWall-stowed sleeping furniture
- Cillian Murphy
- Murphy's signGallbladder inflammation indicator
- Brittany Murphy