1. Means of justification for a purchase. Everything is
free if you think about it, because you aren't paying for a product, you're paying for someone to give it to you, so if you mentally cut the middle man (seller) out, you basically bought something for
free.
2. Refers to stealing something. The people selling the product is the middle man, and by simply cutting out the middle man, everything magically becomes
free.
g: omg where did you
get those cool rings??
c: oh theyre
free at
emmy's!
g: really? i thought those were like 5 bucks each!
c: oh, i just cut out the middle man!