pre-oblongata

ob·long·a·ta

[ob-lawng-gah-tuh, -long-]
noun, plural ob·long·a·tas, ob·long·a·tae [ob-lawng-gah-tee, -long-] .

Origin:
< Neo-Latin: literally, oblong; see -ate1

pre·ob·lon·ga·ta, noun, plural pre·ob·lon·ga·tas, pre·ob·lon·ga·tae.
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oblongata ob·lon·ga·ta (ŏb'lŏng-gā'tə, -gä'tə)
n.
The medulla oblongata.

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Pre-oblongata is always a great word to know.
So is ninnyhammer. Does it mean:
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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