fatfinger
gər adjective
1.
noting or pertaining to errors made by hitting the wrong key or button on a keyboard, keypad, or number pad: fat-finger dialing errors; a large number of typos evidencing the fat-finger syndrome.
verb (used with object)
2.
to make an error in or on (something) by hitting the wrong key or button: I must have fat-fingered my username. You can easily fat-finger the tiny keyboard on this device.
Origin:
2000–05; so called from using the thumb to type, or accidentally hitting two keys with one finger
2000–05; so called from using the thumb to type, or accidentally hitting two keys with one finger
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| fat-finger | |
| —vb | |
| 1. | to make a mistake by pressing the wrong key on a keyboard or number pad |
| 2. | to make an error that causes further problems |
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Fatfinger
is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Slang Dictionary
fat-finger
vt.1. To introduce a typo while editing in such a way that the resulting manglification of a configuration file does something useless, damaging, or wildly unexpected. "NSI fat-fingered their DNS zone file and took half the net down again."
2. More generally, any typo that produces dramatically bad results.
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