Today's slang word of the day is fat-finger. Click here to vote on usage, vulgarity, etc.
noun
- an instance of fat-fingering.
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-- Citation removed to resolve a penalty against The Online Slang Dictionary. From ""Fat finger" role in selloff likely a myth", Reuters, Dan Wilchins, May 7 2010
transitive verb
- To accidentally press an adjacent button, e.g. while typing on a keyboard or entering a phone number. Happens more frequently as the button size is reduced, e.g. on cell phones.
Whoops, I just fat-fingered his phone number.
More words meaning: computer slang
More words meaning: to make a mistake, be incorrect, err
-- Walter (waltergr@aol.com)
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