fat\ finger

fat\ finger
1. (fat finger) (5354↑, 1807↓)
verb, the act of performing a [typo]. Often used when referring to password typos. See [Fat Finger Disease]

"I thought the server was down, but I just fat fingered my password." "You didn't get my email? I must have fat fingered the address."

2. (fat finger) (194↑, 44↓)
A specific kind of typo where one stroke presses two keys instead of the intended one.

exzample, the z was pressed along with the x

3. (fat finger) (15↑, 11↓)
trying to press a link on a social networking site and inadvertantly pressing like on something that is not likable or relevant to you

Tom Cruise's facebook status: "my dog just died" Justin Bieber likes this. Justin Bieber commented on Tom Cruise's status: "Sorry about your loss I tried to press comment but accidentally had fat finger and liked it

Author: Accidental_Facebook-Liker http://fat-finger.urbanup.com/5531720
4. (fat finger) (4↑, 14↓)
reference by apple tech support when users of an iPhone can not use the keyboard to type in phone numbers or passwords correctly. to make light of the small keyboard being the problem.

yeah i fat fingered a lot the first month i had my phone.

5. (fat finger) (6↑, 19↓)
Slipping one inside a chubby.

The movie was too quiet to unzip in the cinema so I had to resort to fat fingering my date.

Related: typo, fat finger disease, mispelling, mistake, typing
Last updated: 2012.02.29

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