Pumps' Perplexities

Once there was a phrase which meant the "end of the road"
when you were driving a vehicle.... Dead End ....

Well it came to pass that people, who wanted to be
politically correct, did not want to be considered dead
at the end of a road so the phrase was changed
to No Outlet .....

With America's new found wealth and expensive homes,
No Outlet also became unsuitable....It had no "class"....
So now we have cul-de-sac ... A nice French "classy"
sounding word....

If you check a dictionary you will find that cul-de-sac means
a blind alley... Checking the literal meaning of the words will
reveal that they mean bottom of (the) bag....

To tell you the truth, for some reason, living on a dead end
sounds a lot better than at the bottom-of-bag...Especially
if you have an expensive home....Pumps