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TINSTAAFL en · X

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  1. (abbreviation, acronym, alt-of) Acronym of there's no such thing as a free lunch, an alternative to TANSTAAFL.
    • 1952, Ethics magazine, cited in 2006, Ralph Keyes, The Quote Verifier: Who Said What, Where, and When, Macmillan, page 70, Professor Alvin Hansen's famous TINSTAAFL formula--"There is no such thing as a free lunch" [Keyes adds, "This acronym had already appeared in a 1949 newspaper column."]