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Laundry Mat or Laundromat





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Laundry Mat or Laundromat :



“Laundromat” was coined in the 1950s by analogy with “automat”—an automated self-service restaurant— to label an automated self-service laundry.


People unaware of this history often mistakenly deconstruct the word into “laundry mat” or “laundrymat.”





























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