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The floor's way of saying it cares, then trapping every crumb since 1994 to prove it.
means A soft woven or tufted fabric covering for floors, made of wool or synthetic fiber, used for warmth, comfort, and quiet underfoot.
from From 'carpet,' traced back through Old Italian 'carpita' (a thick woolen cloth) to the Latin verb 'carpere,' meaning 'to pluck' or 'to card (wool).' The idea was literally plucked or shredded wool fibers matted together into cloth — the same root, fittingly, that gives us 'excerpt' (something plucked out). 'Carpeting' as the material/substance sense emerged once 'carpet' settled into English as a floor covering rather than just any thick cloth.
- origin
- from carpita, old fabric used as ship cargo covering
- allergy magnet
- holds dust mites dictionaries can't even count accurately
- status symbol
- wall-to-wall once meant you had truly arrived
- office slang
- called on the carpet means you are in trouble