thank science

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.

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, Tristan Dickison, "Godfucked", Cipher (Colorado College), October 2010, 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, Berkley (2012), →ISBN, unnumbered page:

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

   • For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:thank science.