It is.

To answer this correctly
You must find the first
I'm asking you directly
So the riddle is reversed

If you like the first or second, you may not like the third,
An ironic definition for the letters that occur
Although this next part might sound a little bit absurd
It could help you as a clue or be something to deter.
 
Take an animal that's grey,
Something you may use everyday,
A vowel, E,O,I,U, or A
5/7ths of a monster
Some flowers for passion? Oui, but there's a queue?
To make the wheels go around one of Jupiter's moons.
Are you scared yet?

Gosh! Nobody likes this one then?

No, I'm not scared....more confused than anything.

And which definition of short are you using?

is grey animal =Cockatiel

passion flower = vines/ fruit

jupiter moon = IO (discovered by Galleli)

queue = letter Q?

5/7th of monster = letter 't'

Lutea?

Passiphae?

Galilei (hate - lie, deter- lag in reverse)

And yes, it's a bit confusing. I'm hoping pt22 will take a look at this one, since all your riddles take an equal amount of brainpower an deduction as this one does

haha, Hey morgan!!!   Well, i've read it several times and don't even have any decent questions to ask... However, when i write riddles I see questions as an important part of the process... So i'll start with what i've got..

Can "Oui" Be replaced by "yes" or is the particular letters used important?
Is it a french flower?
Jupiter, is the fact Galilei discovered the moon important?
The animal - is it common? or obscure?

Is 5/7ths of a monster - Monet?

Can "Oui" Be replaced by "yes" or is the particular letters used important? - Not "yes" - the letters are important
Is it a french flower? - no
Jupiter, is the fact Galilei discovered the moon important? - not at all important/relevant
The animal - is it common? or obscure? - It's not common enough that you'd see everyday, but common enough that everyone knows it

Is 5/7ths of a monster - Monet? - no, but you're on the right track with how you got there.

Does the 5/7ths of a monster spell out a word?

Is the fact that the vowels aren't listed in order important?

Are the flowers for passion something you might take to increase your libido or something you might give to a partner on a special occasion?

Is the animal an elephant? squirrel? dolphin?

Q_o inhibitors (Q_oI), or Quinone outside inhibitors

FLG I have no idea what you're talking about, so I'm just gonna say that you're definitely on the wrong track lol

Posts like that make me suspect funlovingguy of being an elaborate chatbot with a few bugs left to be fixed 

ROFL!

That's funny

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QoI

sorry for not giving explanation but I was thinking on last line :  of Are you scared yet?"  and word like Q OI as 1st para says riddle is reversed

is 5/7 of monster imply "oster" ...simply plain 5 words o.s.t.e.r   OR oster products liek blender, oven , etc which we use everyday?

Is answer to question "Are you scared yet?" ..THE answer to this riddle? meaning word like   horrified, etc

Is animal "fish" oyster, "Qoi oster"  ..."Carp" or "Koi" fishes

is answer word like "***OSTER**Q**IO****"  or "ROOSTER"

is the answer "TR*****"   ?   ----  the first = T, or second = R, not like the third = not E, so TRA/ TRI/ TRO/ TRU

TRAP?

hahahahahaha, wow FLG, you make some weird connections..

Weird yes, although some on the right track, some not.

Firstly, forget "oster" < that is wrong, though the reasoning with getting letters from "monster" stands.
Your household products is on the right track, although all your guesses were wrong.
Animal is not carp, oyster, or fish. (or rooster)

The "answer" you are looking for is none of the things you suggested. There are a few things you need to work out first to get what you need from this riddle.

5/7th of monster = notes, morse, motor, nurse, tones, store, storm, stern

something we use everyday = heat, dishes, plates,   spoon, pan, cooker, microwave, blender, mixes, etc (any wives here wanna help?...*TWINK***TWINK**)

None of your guesses are correct - all on the right track though

Is the grey animal a hippypottymmouse? rhinosoreass? really old chimpanzee? Something with gery in the name? greyhound?

Is the flower rose? tulip? lily?

Does ' Oui, but there's a queue?' = Qui?

Yes to hippo and roses and qui

Well done Sir M, now you just need the rest 

Is the everyday item kitchen related?

Is it electrical?

Is the vowel i?

The everyday kitchen item forms part of the word.

No, it's not electrical.

No, not "i"

Actually, I'll give you the vowel for free - it's "o"

something that we use everyday = water, food, air, toilet paper, soap, towel, glass, metal, utensil, money, pot, pan, spoon, fork, knife

pot is right

hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia

black lung disease

The fear of long words, ironically. It is literally the hippopotamus- and monster-related fear of very long words.

hippo-pot-o-monst-roses-qui-pedal-io-phobia

Excellent, now you've found part 3 (or your clue) - maybe you can solve the riddle?

is answer , a sentence - 3-4 words ....maybe long words ...related to medicine or treasure.......

or is answer ,  1 word consisting of 3 sub-words , whole word meaning somethign ironic?

does title "short " meaning short in length or   coded language word by word, char by char?

does riddle is reversed mean that answer in reverse (literally)   relate to word "hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia"

All that just to end up with a clue?

*sigh*

heheheh Morgan is eveeel

to get sense of direction...I should get half a point to get part 3....LOL...you all can solve remaining as I am going nuts solving this one...yeah right...Morgan is evil...hehehehe

Is the clue merely the letters "hippo-pot-o-monst-roses-qui-pedal-io-phobia"    and the actual meaning of the words is irrelevant?

The clue is hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia. The meaning is very important to this riddle, however the letters and words it is made up of are irrelevant. I just wrote the riddle like that so you would get to that answer.

Something I should have answered earlier - one of the first questions asked which I totally didn't see - short is being used as in short in length. eg The opposite to long words, would be "short words"

Ahhh....riddle is still unsolved....

trauma

SIMPLE (riddle is reversed...?)

A SMALL WORD

negative emotion/ energy

Friday the 13th

stammering/ blabbering  (unable pronounce long words)

"If you like the first or second, you may not like the third,"   does this line mean 3 words or 3 alphabets

No to everything.

tragic

True

trenchant

Clear

Well, the second part of the second stanza simply seems to state what the third stanza is for - a clue, or possibly just a red herring, though it has been confirmed as a clue.

The first part of the second stanza is interesting because I think they might go together, "If you like the first or second, you may not like the third,/An ironic definition for the letters that occur."  In this case the third would be the definition, and for some reason it would be something you "may" not like if you like either the first or second.

But because of the first stanza, it seems it is necessary to find the first regardless of whether or not you like it.  Although it could very well just be referring to the third stanza, which makes sense with the line "So the riddle is reversed" because it was necessary to solve the third stanza first, which would imply the second stanza should be the next solved.

The most interesting part I think is the simple "It is" at the top.  Is this in some way a confirmation of the final answer?

Long arm of Law

lowest common denominator

The Cask of Amontillado" - Most perfect story

has been almost universally referred to as Poe's most perfect short story; in fact, it has often been considered to be one of the world's most perfect short stories. Furthermore, it conforms to and illustrates perfectly many of Poe's literary theories about the nature of the short story: that is, it is short and can be read at one sitting, it is a mood piece with every sentence contributing to the total effect, it is a completely unified work and while it is seemingly simple, it abounds in ironies of many kinds. Finally, every line and comment contributes to the totality or unity of effect that Poe sought to achieve

Re: The most interesting part I think is the simple "It is" at the top.  Is this in some way a confirmation of the final answer?

Look at the title: "Short Riddle" - it is.  The clue is the fear of long words, so the answer is probably a very short "word".  Could the answer be the exclamation mark in 1 of the 2 shortest telegrams in the world?

The story goes that an inventor sent a short telegram to his assistant asking if his invention had worked.  For "Fear of long words" or more accurately the price of the telegram, he simply sent a question mark.  The assistant responded with an exclamation mark.

They would have loved SMS. 160 chars of freedom. Or maybe Twitter.

Aardvark's response is the closest yet.

I think I found the answer, with what Aardvark said.
SHort riddle and 'Are you scared yet'

So, lets choose hippo as an animal (grey)
a pot we use everyday
the vowel O
5/7ths of monster is monst
Flowers for passion are ofcourse roses!
Oui but there's a 'Q', so Qui
To make wheels go round, we use a pedal (think of bike pedals)
IO is the moon
Am I scared yet, suggest something that scares people, like a phobia

That spells out Hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia, which is an 'ironic' term for the fear of long words.

Not the answer... And what you found has already been worked out - if you'd bothered to read the rest of the topic at all.

Aardvark

22 Oct 10, 5:03 AM

Re: The most interesting part I think is the simple "It is" at the top.  Is this in some way a confirmation of the final answer?

Look at the title: "Short Riddle" - it is.  The clue is the fear of long words, so the answer is probably a very short "word".  Could the answer be the exclamation mark in 1 of the 2 shortest telegrams in the world?

That is your clue to finding the answer.

Oh, sorry, my bad, didn't read the topic, just the riddle.
Is it like one of those riddles, where everything is irrelevant, except the 'It is.' at the top? So the answer would be 'It'?

To answer this correctly
You must find the first
I'm asking you directly
So the riddle is reversed

To answer the riddle, you must find the first (sentence? 'It is')
With the next two sentences, I think of the question 'is it?', which is also 'It is' reversed.
And 'If you like the first or second (letter? 'It' has only two letters.), you may not like the third'?

Sort of getting a bit off-track now 

Morse code...S.O.S.......dotdotdot (S)-dashdashdashdash(O) .dotdotdot........

...---...

.hahaha shortest word which can bring panic to whole world or create war

The important things are that the answer is short and the title is important.

The first two words are "it is" and then the it says the riddle is reversed. So reverse "it is" to "is it."

If there is anything certain about this extensive riddle which points to the ironic and ridiculously long word hippopotomonstrosesquipedaliophobia is that it is not short.  So if the riddle is "Short Riddle:   Is it?" The answer is obviously "no" which is a pretty short word.

OMG YES!

That's 100% correct Fr0stByte +1

It only took a year..so I guess it wasn't "short" at all! 

Thanks to everyone who contibuted, this one really was a team effort!

That was bloody tough! I gave up 1/2 a year ago

this is quite possibly the most clever, seemingly out of reach, riddles i've ever seen...

I knew that!

i think frostbyte should get a +2 for that