FAT-FINGER Definition & Meaning

fat-finger

[ fat-fing-ger ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

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)

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.

fat-finger

verb

to make a mistake by pressing the wrong key on a keyboard or number pad
to make an error that causes further problems

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51�Թ� History and Origins

Origin of fat-finger¹

First recorded in 2000–05; so called from using the thumb to type, or accidentally hitting two keys with one finger

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This technical glitch came a day after a fat-finger incident in China's financial futures market.

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It won’t necessarily mean the end of fat-finger flubs, unfortunate typos, customer-service spats gone wrong or covfefe-size head-scratchers, but it could save politicians, executives and the rest of us from serious embarrassment.

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These sorts of so-called “fat-finger errors” are well-known in the world of finance.

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While fat-finger errors can spark sharp swings in traditional markets, they are uniquely problematic in the crypto world, since blockchain transactions are supposedly irreversible.

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“Even AARP’s service number has a fat-finger version.”

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