fat finger

IPA(Pronunciation)

/ˈfæt ˈfɪŋɡə/

Noun

also attributive humorous idiomatic informal

(idiomatic, humorous, informal, also attributively) A supposed cause of typographical errors, especially keyboard errors that cause erroneous trades to be executed in financial markets, or typing errors on touchscreen devices.

Japanese Meaning

（主に金融市場などで）誤った入力が原因で取引が実行されるなど、入力ミスを引き起こす現象（冗談交じりの表現） / キーボードやタッチスクリーンでの操作時に、意図せずに誤ったキーを押してしまうことによるタイプミス

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The trader blamed a fat finger for accidentally selling a million shares.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

トレーダーは、指の誤操作のために100万株を誤って売却してしまったと主張した。

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Sense（1）

The first subcategory is what I choose to call Fat Fingers Syndrome. This is a problem obviously caused by poor typing techniques which result in a single finger striking two keys instead of one. … The opposite of the fat finger problem is what I call simply the Missed Key(s). This can also result in the writing of real (but wrong) words, such as "rod" for rode or "trace" for trance.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

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fat fingers

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