awesome sauce

See also: awesomesauce, and awesome-sauce

English

Alternative forms

• awesome-sauce, awesomesauce

Etymology

From awesome +‎ sauce. Possibly originated in this Strong Bad cartoon.

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Pronunciation

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Noun

awesome sauce (usually uncountable, plural awesome sauces)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see awesome,‎ sauce.
   • 2005, Cary Neff, Conscious Cuisine, page 242:

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

2. (Canada, US, Internet slang) The essence of awesomeness; excellence.
   • 2009 March 11, Odd Austin, “Odd News for Odd People- An Odd Austin Update 3/11/09”, in ‎^[1] (Usenet):

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

   • 2010, P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, Burned, page 39:

     He was, as my BFF Kayla would say, "a hottie covered with awesome sauce.

3. (Canada, US, Internet slang) Something which is awesome, cool or spectacular.
   • 2009 May 7, pcm1...@gmail.com, “Threading, background loading”, in openmw‎^[2] (Usenet):

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

   • 2008 July 7, Justin Bozonier, “Building Together”, in altnetseattle‎^[3] (Usenet):

     Jeff this is serious awesome sauce. You get my vote if you can make this happen.

   • 2011 March 17, Daniel J. Goor, “Harvest Festival”, in Parks and Recreation, season 3, episode 7, via NBC:

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

Adjective

awesome sauce (comparative more awesome sauce, superlative most awesome sauce)

1. (Canada, US, Internet slang) awesome; excellent

Synonyms

• awesome (Internet slang)

Antonyms

• fail (slang), weaksauce (slang), pitiful (slang)