lubritoriumn.

/l(j)uːbrɪˈtɔːrɪəm/

Forms: Also ˈlubritory.

Etymology: < lubri- (in lubricate v.) + -torium as in auditorium, sanatorium.

Chiefly U.S.

A greasing bay in a service station; a service station.

ΘΚΠ

society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > testing, servicing, and storage of motor vehicles > [noun] > service station > parts of

petrol pump1905

gas pump1911

bowser1921

lubritorium1930

pump island1932

petrol bowser1942

forecourt1958

pump1972

1930 Amer. Speech 5 329 In New Philadelphia, Ohio, there is a ‘lubritorium’ which I presume is intended to assist automobiles to a proper degree of lubricity. In Ann Arbor, Michigan, there is a ‘Lubritory’ which serves the same purpose.

1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §544 Lubritory, a gas station.

1954 Encounter June 13/1 The effort to ‘professionalise’ work has become the major means of giving one's job a badge of honorific quality... So the garage becomes the ‘lubritorium’.

1963 Punch 24 Apr. 579/3 The sign outside a Glasgow service station: Lubritorium.

1969 M. Pei Words in Sheep's Clothing (1970) xxi. 209 ‘Lubritorium’ is so much more learned a word than ‘service station’.

1969 West Australian 5 July 71/5 (advt.) Lubritorium and driveway attendant..required.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	lubritorium
释义	lubritoriumn. /l(j)uːbrɪˈtɔːrɪəm/ Forms: Also ˈlubritory. Etymology: < lubri- (in lubricate v.) + -torium as in auditorium, sanatorium. Chiefly U.S. A greasing bay in a service station; a service station. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > testing, servicing, and storage of motor vehicles > [noun] > service station > parts of petrol pump1905 gas pump1911 bowser1921 lubritorium1930 pump island1932 petrol bowser1942 forecourt1958 pump1972 1930 Amer. Speech 5 329 In New Philadelphia, Ohio, there is a ‘lubritorium’ which I presume is intended to assist automobiles to a proper degree of lubricity. In Ann Arbor, Michigan, there is a ‘Lubritory’ which serves the same purpose. 1942 L. V. Berrey & M. Van den Bark Amer. Thes. Slang §544 Lubritory, a gas station. 1954 Encounter June 13/1 The effort to ‘professionalise’ work has become the major means of giving one's job a badge of honorific quality... So the garage becomes the ‘lubritorium’. 1963 Punch 24 Apr. 579/3 The sign outside a Glasgow service station: Lubritorium. 1969 M. Pei Words in Sheep's Clothing (1970) xxi. 209 ‘Lubritorium’ is so much more learned a word than ‘service station’. 1969 West Australian 5 July 71/5 (advt.) Lubritorium and driveway attendant..required. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1930
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