Word: lubritorium
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Prompt and courtly was the Prophet Jones's reply: "Your Godliness ... I ... know the chassis of your mind has been carried up into a divine cosmic lubritorium. I herewith graciously, humbly and sincerely, yet royally, accept your invitation to attend...
...Ludwig Bemelmans when he wrote of another popular voice (Richard Tauber's) that it made you feel the way you do when a waiter reaches under your overcoat to settle your clothing. Sinatra's voice has become a national feature comparable to Yosemite Valley or the word lubritorium. For Sinatra to have played anyone other than himself would have been as preposterously irreverent as it would be for President Roosevelt to play anyone but F.D.R...
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