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TANSTAAFL (catchphrase)
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It was a byword of the [[Ann Arbor]] [[sf club]] the [[Stilyagi Air Corps]], for obvious reasons. | It was a byword of the [[Ann Arbor]] [[sf club]] the [[Stilyagi Air Corps]], for obvious reasons. | ||
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Revision as of 01:56, 30 December 2019
(For other uses see the disambiguation page TANSTAAFL
An initialism for There Ain't No Such Thing As A Free Lunch. Pronounced "tan-staffle." It has been popular as a fannish catchphrase since it appeared in Heinlein's novel, The Moon is a Harsh Mistress. Heinlein may have been first to initialize it, but he did not originate the phrase.
It was a byword of the Ann Arbor sf club the Stilyagi Air Corps, for obvious reasons.
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