butterfingers/ˈbʌtəˌfɪŋɡəz/EtymologyFrom butter + fingers (suggesting that someone is clumsy and drops things as if their hands are coated in slippery butter), from butterfingered.butterfingers means Someone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.nounSomeone who tends to drop things; (more generally) someone who is clumsy or uncoordinated; a klutz.“I am such a butterfingers. That’s the third drink I’ve spilled today.”One's fingers which tend to drop things, or are clumsy or uncoordinated.““I guess everyone’s got butterfingers around here,” Cole said with a sly smile. “Lucky for us, I’ve got fast reflexes.””A tendency to drop things, or to be clumsy or uncoordinated.