TGIF

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TGIF is a popular acronym for the phrase Thank God It's Friday (alternatively Thank Goodness It's Friday). Template:Wiktionary

History

Starting in America, it has become a common expression of relief at the end of the work week and anticipation of relaxing or partying over the weekend. The phrase was further popularised by the 1978 movie starring Donna Summer, Thank God It's Friday. The phrase has also become common for advertising and promotional materials.

Famous uses

• The restaurant chain T.G.I. Friday's
• The slogan of a programming block on the ABC TV network. See TGIF (ABC).
• The Florida resort website TGIF, for "Thank God It's Florida"
• Cadbury's Crunchie chocolate bar ran a commercial of which the slogan was "Thank Crunchie it's Friday". The commercials were followed by more, most of them connecting Crunchie with Fridays.
• In the United Kingdom in the late 1990s, maverick television host Chris Evans produced a television program called TFI Friday for Channel 4. Its initials supposedly standing for "Thank Four It's" in reference to the television station. In practice most viewers assumed the 'F' stood for an expletive.
• Nickelodeon used to have "Thank Nick it's Friday".
• In the 1987 comedy film Dragnet, Tom Hanks's character, Pep Streebeck says the line "Thank God, it's Friday!" as both a play on the original phrase and as a reference to the arrival of his partner, Joe Friday (Dan Aykroyd).
• Also seen as ski resorts as "Toes Go In First"