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thank science

thank science interjection: used to express gratitude or relief.

Interjection

  1. (Internet) Used to express gratitude or relief.
    • Thank science for UK production monarch DJ Deekline.2010, Stuart Evans, Billion Dollar House Party review, Drum Media, 30 September 2010, page 28
    • 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.2010 October, Tristan Dickison, “Godfucked”, in Cipher, Colorado College, page 30

Origin of thank science

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.

Questions about thank science

What does thank science mean?
Thank science means used to express gratitude or relief.
What part of speech is thank science?
Thank science is an interjection.

Words near thank science in the dictionary

  1. thank goodness
  2. thank heaven
  3. thank heavens
  4. thank one's lucky stars
  5. thank one's stars
  6. thank science
  7. thank the goddesses
  8. thank the gods
  9. thank u
  10. thank ya
  11. thank ye

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