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- initialism idiomatic
There is no such thing as a free lunch ; an alternative toTANSTAAFL
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(Actually, the phrase may have its roots in the writings of ethicist Alvin Hansen in 1952, only he used the phrase “there is no such thing as a free lunch” or TINSTAAFL.)
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