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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Re: The red carpet treatment #83047 10/09/2002 1:19 AM Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel WhitmanO'Neill Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2001 Posts: 4,189 Rio Grande, Cape May County, N... And this from Wordwizard: >What is the origin of Red carpet welcome Submitted by: Sudhir DD (Bangalore - India) The phrase comes from the practice of laying down a red carpet to greet royalty, dignitaries and sundry VIPS. The first use as cited in the OED is dated 1934. Answered by the Word Wizard on January 13, 1999< I'm also wondering, although I know their basically connected, if "roll out the red carpet" and [give them] "the red carpet treatment" are two different coinages? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Share Post on Reddit Entire Thread Subject Posted By Posted Phrases from vaudeville WhitmanO'Neill 10/08/2002 8:45 PM Re: Phrases from vaudeville wwh 10/08/2002 10:19 PM Re: Phrases from vaudeville Faldage 10/08/2002 11:56 PM Re: The red carpet treatment WhitmanO'Neill 10/09/2002 12:37 AM Re: The red carpet treatment WhitmanO'Neill 10/09/2002 12:48 AM Re: The red carpet treatment WhitmanO'Neill 10/09/2002 12:52 AM Re: The red carpet treatment WhitmanO'Neill 10/09/2002 1:02 AM Re: The red carpet treatment WhitmanO'Neill 10/09/2002 1:19 AM Re: The red carpet treatment Bean 10/09/2002 10:23 AM Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. (have been... ------  Words from medicine  Beheading words  Meta-words  Words from classical mythology  Animal Safari  Words with unusual etymologies  Eponyms or words derived from p...  Loanwords from German  English as a global language Print Thread Switch to Flat Mode Show Likes Link Copied to Clipboard View Profile Private Message Follow User Forum Posts Like Summary Forum Statistics Forums16 Topics13,916 Posts230,393 Members9,211 Most Online12,483 Mar 28th, 2026 Newest Members Boo boo kitty fu, peterreineck, Peripatetic Toad, JerryC, blvd 9,211 Registered Users Top Posters(30 Days) wofahulicodoc 34 A C Bowden 19 Top Posters wwh 13,858 Faldage 13,803 Jackie 11,613 wofahulicodoc 11,214 tsuwm 10,542 LukeJavan8 9,974 Buffalo Shrdlu 7,210 AnnaStrophic 6,511 Wordwind 6,296 of troy 5,400

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