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lubritorium (n.)
"place where automobiles are greased," 1928; from
lubrication
+ ending from
auditorium
. Mentioned as an overworked suffix in the late 1920s; Mencken also lists
infantorium
,
shavatorium
,
restatorium
,
hatatorium
, and
odditorium
("a slide-show").