Oblong (n)
An elongated shape, much like a rectangle. The word actually dates from Roman times, where Emperor Oblong invented a certain shaped port-a-loo, which was written down in history as the “oblong”, after its creator. A recent poll for “the world’s most useless shape”, found the oblong ranked second, just behind the rhombus. This caused rioting amongst outraged mathematics groups worldwide. Recently Masterfoods recalled all its turnip chips after the discovery of a packet of abnormal, oblong-shaped chips. All of these ended up as landfill, finally fulfilling the purpose of turnip chips.
