thank science

English

Etymology

Constructed as a secular alternative to thank God, with the intent of emphasizing that modern conveniences are the product of human sciences such as engineering, medicine, etc., rather than divine action.

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Interjection

thank science

1. (Internet slang) Used to express gratitude or relief.
   • 2010, Stuart Evans, Billion Dollar House Party review, Drum Media, 30 September 2010, page 28:

     Thank science for UK production monarch DJ Deekline.

   • 2010 October, Tristan Dickison, “Godfucked”, in Cipher, Colorado College, page 30:

     The remorseless would-be bomber of Times Square, Faisal Shahzad, left his suburban life with a wife and young children to train at a terrorist camp in Pakistan and to learn (not very well, thank science!) how to make car bombs.

   • 2012, Denise Rossetti, The Dark Rose‎^[1], Berkley, →ISBN:

     “And there's a blast door I can close behind us. Thank Science.”

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:thank science.