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# The Good Oil Word of the Day
- URL: https://goodoil.news/the-good-oil-word-of-the-day-503/
- Published: 2025-12-27T17:15:31.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-27T17:15:30.000Z
- Author: David Theobald
- Tags: General, Word of the Day

The word for today is…

rhomboid (noun, adjective) -

*noun*  
: a parallelogram with no right angles and with adjacent sides of unequal length

*adjective*  
: shaped somewhat like a rhombus or rhomboid

Source : [Merriam-Webster](https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rhomboid?ref=goodoil.news)

Etymology : Rhomboids, like triangles, may take various different shapes, but they always look like a lopsided diamond or rectangle. As both a noun and an adjective, rhomboid can be applied to anything with those shapes, such as certain muscles of the upper back when viewed from behind. Whenever you hear about rhomboid exercises, rhomboid strain, or rhomboid pain, it involves those muscles, which attach your shoulder blades to your spine and can be strained by carrying a heavy backpack, serving a tennis ball, or just slumping in your chair in front of a computer all day.

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