The technical terminology for the contentious acquisition of goods or services accomplished at zero-cost to the acquirer, as known as theft.
Mr. Robinson acquired the paraphernalia of an urban pharmaceutical technician, colloquially known as a drug dealer, at prices of totalling zero. His one-sided zero-cost acquisition was successful until Jeremiah showed up to the door demanding payment.
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astronomical-cost retort

Refers to the mildly-indignant answer that you snortingly "toss back" at a seemingly-impertinent clueless who naively asks why you don't "just buy your way out" of a moderately-inconvenient/difficult/unpleasant situation, his not being familiar with the enormous financial outlay that said "easy-solution" choice/action would entail.
Two typical/everyday examples of an astronomical-cost retort would be with regards to having a garage come and pick up your presently-non-drivable vehicle instead of having a friend help you tow/push it the few miles to the garage with another vehicle ("Yeah, **sure** I could --- for a nice HUNDRED-BUCKS TOWING-CHARGE!"), or if you presently have to turn your well-pump on and off manually because it's "on its last legs" and so you always have to be "right there and ready" to quickly turn the pump back off to avoid damage if it doesn't immediately start up when you power it on ("Oh, yeah --- new pumps are indeed available --- you got an extra THOUSAND BUCKS OR MORE JUSS LAYIN' AROUND to get one installed??!"). Never fails to shut the impudent inquisitor right up!
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La Coste, Texas

1) An impossibly irrelevant town in south Texas
Town Motto: Welcome to La Coste, Texas- a great place to take a shit.
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Cost Clashing

The act of wearing clothing items in which the costs differ immensely. Most common among swag fags or stupid Drug Dealers who think if people see them wearing high end brands they will be more inclined to buy from then even though their drugs are sub-par.
Guy 1:Oh look its the drug dealer with a Gucci Belt but Old Navy Hoodie

Guy 2:Hey its the douche who wears a Louis Vutton belt while wearing RSQ jeans

Guy 3:Fuckin' cost clashing idiots, their weed is horrible.
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Nice projection lmao. When I run out of vbucks I always load back up with the $90 option because thats about as much as it costs to refill my Corvette. It's no big deal to me because I have steady income.
Nice projection lmao. When I run out of vbucks I always load back up with the $90 option because thats about as much as it costs to refill my Corvette. It's no big deal to me because I have steady income.
by Sudor5183 November 16, 2023
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coste

A French name belonging to a French guy. He is reliable friendly,fun to be with , trustworthy ,put other people's feeling before his. He is beautiful, cute and every girls dream . Get into a relationship with Him and he'll treat u likeyour the only girl in the world .Tho he can be annoying but when u get to know him you'll love him.
Isn't he so cute? Guess his name must be Coste

Tracy : I'm so in love with my boyfriend and he is so caring

Jane :what's his name?

Tracy: Coste!

Jane :Thought as mush All boys named Coste are so breathtaking
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cost-cutting maneuver

A fumingly-sarcastic reference to a shamelessly "sneaky 'n' unethical" (and unfortunately very common!) "buy-pressure" strategy practiced at many hardware/specialty-supplies stores; the ploy consists of a staffperson's hacking off a length from a roll of bulk-product like rope, wire, hose, or cloth, and only **afterwards** informing the customer how much the product is priced per foot, hoping that said customer will then feel obligated to buy the piece "since it's already been cut off the roll".
I once had a totally pathetic "cost-cutting maneuver" tried on me at a bicycle-repair shop --- I needed a rear shift-cable, and so the clerk cut off my required length of cable from the store's bulk roll, without first telling me the super-steep per-foot price or asking me beforehand if I wanted to pay that much. It was only when he actually brought the "ringing up the sale" screen up on the computer that he revealed the astronomical amount that it was gonna cost me --- a whopping SEVEN DOLLARS AND CHANGE! --- for just three or four feet of the cable! Fortunately, I had the "bravery" to just look mildly shocked and hastily remark, "Eeeyewww... that's a lot more than I can afford --- thank you anyway, though. I'll just get one at WalMart instead." Hey, it wasn't MY fault if the salesman had created a harder-to-resell cut piece of cable --- I hadn't asked him to chop me off some of the cable yet, I'd just told him that I needed a replacement shifter-cable, so it wasn't my "responsibility" to now PAY for said cable! He should have told me beforehand how much it would cost per foot, and then asked me if I wanted to buy it before he'd actually hacked the length off the roll!
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