What exactly is an "iota?"

[Floogeldy]

Because someone recently told me that they don't give one.

[ZombieNixon]

1. You don't get the ninth letter of the Greek alphabet.

Tough break, dude. :(

:P

[hfojvt]

2. dictionary just says

"very small quanitity, jot, whit"
but it does not say how the word was coined.
why don't people not give one theta or gamma?

[Random_Australian]

3. because it is the smallest letter of the greek alphabet.

[Seabiscuit]

8. I don't give a god gamma. But I'm very generous with my thetas.

[Random_Australian]

4. ninth and smallest letter of the Greek alphabet.

[u4ic]

5. Maybe your offer to your 'friend'

wasn't high enough...;-)

[Jazz2006]

6. And so small as to be unworthy of applause....

(must do something about that clapping thing)

[Seabiscuit]

7. One gazillianth of a brazillian.

[Deja Q]

9. And I thought it was smaller than that...

:yoiks:

[Seabiscuit]

13. You mean - one brazillianth of a brazillion????

That's smaller than an atom!

[asthmaticeog]

16. One brazillianth of a brazillion = 1.

[Seabiscuit]

17. OMG. s/b a gazillianth of a brazillianth/brazillianth of a brazillianth.

There. Now one of them's smaller than an electon. :)

[WCGreen]

10. IT's a really cool sexual thing....

And you should be disappointed that your so called Friends won't give you one....

Jesus takes notes on these things, these ungiven Iota's and uses them to determine which suburb of Heaven you get to move into.....

[nytemare]

11. I think iotas are bigger than bupkis, though.

:shrug:

[Deep13]

12. More than a smidgen, less than a dollop.

About the same as a scoash.

[jpgray]

14. Why iota...

x(

[El Fuego]

15. And you only have one you cannot give.

[leftofthedial]

18. slightly smaller than a "jot"