Braingle: 'What Am I?' Brain Teaser

What Am I?

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Puzzle ID:	#29866
Fun:	(2.86)
Difficulty:	(1.61)
Category:	Trick
Submitted By:	mercenary007
Corrected By:	Winner4600

I am more microscopic than microscopic; I am more minuscule than minuscule.
I am smaller than small and I am tinier than tiny.
Yet surprisingly, I am still big. What am I?

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Comments

iam1ru12 Apr 18, 2006	Just a little puzzled with the puzzle..... How could BIG be "more minuscule than minuscule"?
keosborne Apr 18, 2006	Ooookay...
Quickq Apr 18, 2006	I like it. I got it wrong. But it's still good
mercenary007 Apr 18, 2006	@ iam1ru12, somehow I don't think you looked at the answer. The word big only has 3 letters and is therefore more minuscule (i.e. smaller) than the word "minuscule" which is 9 letters long. Understand?
petraka Apr 19, 2006	hahaha. i like it. although i didnt get it right.
Punk_Rocker Apr 20, 2006	I finally got it! I love trick teasers...
emilywashere Apr 20, 2006	that was cool, although i have seen ones like it (not that particular one) before but their always awesome
Swordoffury1392 Apr 22, 2006	I got it easily!
Lui312 Apr 22, 2006	like mile is the longest word in da dictionary
unklemyke Apr 24, 2006	Lui, love, "mile" is not the longest word in the dictionary. Some say "smiles" is because "it's a mile between the 's'es." however, if you're going for words of length, the dictionary also includes "light-year" and "parsec" (a "parsec"is slightly more than 3 1/4 light-years)
feeglies Apr 25, 2006	Gruggles! (That's just my random word for cool hehe ) I really like it, I didn't get it but oh well, I tried, I'll try harder next time. Very clever, please keep making the cool teasers from Jessie
brits1994 May 06, 2006	fun but easy
lushchick82 May 08, 2006	Very clever, I enjoyed it very much.
134579 May 11, 2006	nice
jazzmusician46 May 14, 2006	Nice play on words. Thanks
kooltoozia May 25, 2006	that doesn't really make sense
GebbieRose May 27, 2006	nice... & tricky! good job!
noladude Jun 07, 2006	Two thumbs up on hard 2 down on well fun
heculix Jun 08, 2006	I thought of AIR. It's microscopic but you actually see Oxygens, Nitrogen, Hydrogens, etc. (not air), yet it's big enough to surround us?
smarty_blondy Jun 15, 2006	Hey, good one!
danielzerman Jun 20, 2006	nice one
tedger Jun 22, 2006	EZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ
Pizzazz2u Oct 01, 2006	These are easy to figure out, when you can recognize the trick. Very cleverly worded teaser. Keep up the Well thought-out work.
Stormcrafter Oct 31, 2006	That got me
Calehay Nov 02, 2008	Great!
LMNOP14 Feb 04, 2009	I thought it was the word I because it is shorter than all of those small synonyms and it is still big because when you see it for the most part it is capitol.
Grandpapete Jan 20, 2010	A LITTLE 2 EZ, reminds me of what gets bigger the more you take away from it?
doehead Jan 20, 2010	EEEEEEEZZZZZZ
auntiesis Jan 20, 2010	Not too hard, but tricky. Love it.
UpNDown Jan 20, 2010	Not hard, but I like it. The answer just comes to you if you've seen many riddles like this.
braingle100 Jan 20, 2010	I thought it was an atom...or a molecule... I'm gonna add this to favorites.
sunnybonghits Jan 20, 2010	While I get the riddle, the use of the word 'microscopic' is very misleading and actually makes the answer wrong. Microscopic means that it is so small that it cannot be seen with the naked eye - i.e., it can only be seen with a microscope. Clearly, you can read the word 'big' without the use of a microscope. Other than that, though, it would have been a good one. Cheers.
mepapa Jan 20, 2010	meaybe it would be better to say "smaller than microscopic"? good trick teaser. thanks for posting!
UptheHill Jan 20, 2010	NICE!!!
Babe Feb 14, 2013	It did not go over too BIG with me. Did not like it.
HABS2933 Feb 14, 2013	Have to agree with Babe, didn't care much for it. BGS=3
cutebug Feb 14, 2013	This goes into my bottom 10 teasers on this site. Easy but dumb!!!
gaylewolf Feb 14, 2013	I liked this one - good one for my grandchildren. I guess I'm beginning to think like a kid! Have a heart! Happy Valentine's Day!
ftlink Feb 14, 2013	AAAAH. Don't like it, but thanks for posting it. Better answer would something to do with the universe (i.e. the earth, our solar system, etc.).
bestgirl Feb 14, 2013	I though maybe it was ego. Ego would fit,wouldn't it? Anyway, I liked it.
GWeb64 Feb 14, 2013	Ok that was an easy almost obvious answer, but the clues are wrong. Microscopic means "too small to be seen by the naked idea (requiring a microscopic be seen) neither word is "microscopic", so big is not more microscopic than microscopic - they are equally microscopic. SHorter than short could have been used instead.
tripleteam5 Feb 14, 2013	Congrats to teaser creator. You have created the 1ST (that I have encountered) ' HINT " that made it harder, rather that easier
iggy39 Feb 14, 2013	Thought it was a really good teaser even if I didn't get it. Not good at getting these anyway.