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Awesome sauce

adj, noun

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Awesome; excellent. Canada, Internet, US, dated

    "April: Hey, I love you. Andy: Dude, shut up! That is awesome sauce!"

Noun
  1. 1
    The essence of awesomeness; excellence. Canada, Internet, US, dated, uncountable, usually

    "So I am quite proud of us, I think it was a great show, every band was pure concentrated awesome sauce!"

  2. 2
    Something which is awesome, cool or spectacular. Canada, Internet, US, dated, uncountable, usually

    "The idea is solid awesome sauce, I just don't see it as a feasible undertaking for this project at this point in time."

  3. 3
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see awesome, sauce. uncountable, usually

    "The combination of spices and seasonings creates an awesome sauce or marinade for chicken, seafood, and beef."

Etymology

Etymology 1

From awesome + sauce. Apparently originated in the 2003 episode “Strong Bad Email #75” of Homestar Runner, in which the character Strong Bad says, “Well, aren’t you gonna go get your 409 or Awesome Sauce or whatever you’re gonna clean this up with?”, referring to an imaginary brand name of a cleaning product for ketchup. Usage of the term might be after earlier weaksauce.

Etymology 2

From awesome + sauce. Apparently originated in the 2003 episode “Strong Bad Email #75” of Homestar Runner, in which the character Strong Bad says, “Well, aren’t you gonna go get your 409 or Awesome Sauce or whatever you’re gonna clean this up with?”, referring to an imaginary brand name of a cleaning product for ketchup. Usage of the term might be after earlier weaksauce.

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