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fat finger syndrome 

1. A genuine medical condition, caused by a variety of conditions including PTSD, "keypad phobia" and tennis elbow, which result in the sufferer being unable to type correctly.
2. Contrary to popular belief symptoms do not include having fingers so fat you're unable to type correctly.

Commonly abbreviated to ffs.
1. "Almost all of my tweets have typos because of FFS (Fat Finger Syndrome)"
2. "That should say peal not peak. Fat fingers syndrome! Rolling on the floor laughing"
3. "For* and not f4ir... fat fingers syndrome lol"
fat finger syndrome by IANBELL76 February 17, 2021

fat-finger 

To press another button accidentally, while pressing numbers or letters that you meant to, resulting in an incorrect extra number/letter. Such as when typing something, or dialing a phone number.
Someone fat-fingered the p instead of the o, that's how pwnage was made.
fat-finger by Jessica H. September 20, 2006

fat-fingered 

When you dial the wrong phone numbet by mistake.
I'm sorry Sir, I must have fat-fingered your number. My bad!
fat-fingered by talk2me-JCH2 March 30, 2021

fat-fingering 

Pressing the keys on a cell phone, radio, or computer keyboard and getting improper results because your fingers have hit more than one key at a time. A common problem for those of us with pudgy fingers.
I can't use that cell phone. I keep on fat-fingering the buttons, and I keep on getting wrong numbers!
fat-fingering by pentozali May 13, 2006

fat finger 

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
fat finger by Squee! July 3, 2005

Fat Finger Fever

A condition first diagnosed in South Chicago Heights, Illinois to describe the freakishly baby arm like fingers of one Shawn McAllister.
Holy crap!! That guy has huge fingers. He must have Fat Finger Fever... Just like Shawn McAllister.
Fat Finger Fever by Ron Gucwa II January 19, 2010