all thumbs 

very awkward or inept, not dextrous

He is all thumbs with power tools.

all thumbs by The Return of Light Joker April 8, 2009

All thumbs 

All thumbs has always meant clumsy, but it has new meaning in the age of hand-held smart phones. The term now relates to a poor speller in text responses. Given the relative small size of keyboards, and the fact that people are texting only with thumbs, this can lead to many typos. These typos are often compounded with auto-correct, making them worse. 'All thumbs' seems to plague guys with large hands more than women.

"I eill meer you at 7om on Qalnut Streer"

Frank: Did you get a load of Matts text response?
Seth: Yeah, man, he's ALL THUMBS!

All thumbs by SkyArc February 19, 2012

all up in the thumbs 

To give praise, to show approval, to say something is good, to express a positive feeling.

jill: did you check out the new club?
Jack: yeah, its was all up in the thumbs!

all up in the thumbs by zedd81 November 11, 2014

creeping thumb-all syndrome 

Severe pain in the thumb of each hand due to texting with hand-held devices that can send and receive email. This condition will creep up on the user over time and cause reduced motion of the thumbs. In severe cases, the user may loose the ability to communicate.

Bummer, I can barely text anymore as my creeping thumb-all syndrome has damaged my thumb joints.

creeping thumb-all syndrome by HughB March 21, 2008