I respectfully disagree. Here's a definition of short

I respectfully disagree. Here's a definition of short sale.

"A short sale is a transaction in which an investor sells borrowed securities in anticipation of a price decline and is required to return an equal number of shares at some point in the future ."

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/shortsale.asp

Here's what Alan said.

"50% of today's volume was short sales"

"In the future" means not covered in the same day. Do you see where it could be misleading?