I stand with @propensive
When I was about five, I learned what an "oblong" was. Or so I thought. I was convinced it was just another name for a rectangle, but Google Image Search suggests it's a rectangle with rounded corners. Have I just been wrong for the last three decades? https://www.google.com/search?tbm=isch&source=hp&biw=1439&bih=809&ei=PRDzWuOTM4mdkgXAqZmABw&q=oblong&oq=oblong&gs_l=img.3..0l10.396.972.0.1368.7.5.0.2.2.0.116.408.2j2.4.0....0...1ac.1.64.img..1.6.414.0...0.d9bXIxXjBY0 …
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You were so close
@propensive, all rectangles except squares are not oblongs. These rounded corner things are not oblongs. - Show replies
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For some reason I had to check this URL after voting https://github.com/propensive/oblong …
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What a great idea!
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I'd consider an oblong to be the special case of "rounded rectangle" where the corners are rounded "as much as possible" Or an "elongated circle"; circle with a rectangle between its hemispheres.
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But apparently, I'm wrong too! Huh.
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in french, oblong exists and I think of it as "more large than tall with rounded corners". But it seems that the first meaning was just "more large than tall" and applied for ex to books, which rarely have rounded corners. So you now my brain is a mess. https://fr.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/oblong
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I thought Oblong is a kind of tea?
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No, I think you're thinking of Ovaltine.
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TIL “ciabatta” is a known term outside of Italy
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