"Cafeterias proved so popular that they spawned a huge, if mercifully short-lived, vogue for words of similar form: washeteria, groceteria, cakereria, drugeteria, bobateria (a place where hair was bobbed), beauteria, chocolateria, shaveteria, smoketeria, hardware-ateria, garmenteria, furnitureteria - even casketeria for a funeral home and the somewhat redundant restauranteria."
- Bill Bryson, Made in America
On holiday in Spain, I developed an infatuation with ending words with -eria. It's nice to know that Americans sixty years ago had a similar penchant.
