TGIF is a very common expression of relief, specially in the United States at the end of the work week, in anticipation of relaxing or partying over the weekend. The idiom became more popular by the 1978 movie, Thank God It�s Friday, a Donna Summer starrer.

It could also mean Thank Goodness It�s Friday or Terribly Gleeful It�s Friday. Of course, it cannot be Tactical Ground Intercept Facility, an acronym for a US Military Intelligence collection platform.

TGIF is a global restaurant company, . The first T.G.I. Friday�s restaurant opened in 1965 in New York City at the corner of First Avenue and 63rd Street. T.G.I. Friday�s on Manhattan�s upper East Side quickly became THE meeting place for single adults. In its very first year, its revenue reached $1 million. Today it operates, franchises and licenses 1,018 restaurants in 60 countries. Its slogan is, �In here, it's always Friday."

There is a PTI story that says that it is not just Bollywood stars that are consumed with anxiety Fridays, the time for new movie releases, even Finance Minister P. Chidambaram is gripped by uneasiness on the day that sees release of inflation data. .

With price rise touching a 44-month high of 7.83 per cent, Chidambaram is becoming wary of Fridays and made no efforts to hide the cause of his anxiety.

"Thank God it's Not Friday," Chidambaram quipped on Thursday, when asked to comment on the impact of rising crude oil prices on inflation. He knows only too well that one cannot avoid Fridays, whatever be the emotions they bring along!