What does "short parked" mean? Recently, when flying (as a passenger of a regular flight) from Stockholm/Arlanda, there was quite a long bus ride from the gate to the aircraft, because the latter was "short parked", according to the announcements at the gate. What does "short parked" mean? "Faraway parked" would have made more sense from a passenger point of view.
"short parking" seems to be an informal European term for "short-term parking".  So it's referring to the time a vehicle is parked, not the distance.

If I heard it about the location of an airliner, I'd think they meant that the gate areas were full and it had to be put somewhere temporary (and inconvenient) this time.