Couldn’t he simply answer: “No, I have not shorted.”, or alternatively, “Yes, I have shorted.”? Okay, I get that the question is ultimately stupid and useless,

Couldn’t he simply answer: “No, I have not shorted.”, or alternatively, “Yes, I have shorted.”? Okay, I get that the question is ultimately stupid and useless, or there may be some other stuff he has to be careful with. But he did sound a bit like the way politicians sound by using the word “long”. Maybe I need a dictionary..