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tinstaafl

there is no such thing as a free lunch; for everything everywhere, someone somewhere had to work for it
When Bob tried to get away with cheating on his math test, his teacher said, "Tinstaafl," and gave him a score of zero.
by Jim Downard October 4, 2003
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TINSTAAFL

ACRONYM FOR: There's No Such Thing As A Free Lunch.
TINSTAAFL means get a job, you mooch!
by Muse4U August 1, 2006
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tanstaaffl

Basically means "what ever you do there is a price to pay"...

"I heard they are giving out free CDs in Tesco"
"tanstaaffl"
by tomthecool August 18, 2007
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tanstafl

There Ain't No Such Thing as A Free Lunch.

Very old slang, dating back to before ain't became a legitimate English contraction.

I means that a prospect is too good to be true(TGTBT), in that you are being offered something for nothing.
Nate: Your eMail says Bill Gates will give you $250 for each person you send this to that sends it to someone else.

Uncle Dick: TANSTAFL.
by Ronin Catholic January 3, 2008
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TANSTAAFL

There's always new shoes to appreciate, adore, fondle, love
I broke up with my girlfriend and TANSTAAFL
by TANSTAAFL Man December 10, 2012
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TANSTAASP

TANSTAASP:

-There Ain’t No Such Thing As A Sad Pancake
“Donut Pancakes are sad”
“They sure ain’t! Don’t you remember the law of TANSTAASP?”
“That ain’t a word, I checked both my vocabulary and the dictionary.”
“But did you check Urban Dictionary?”
by Grahm Grahm October 2, 2021
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