awesome sauce
See also: awesomesauce and awesome-sauce
English
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editEtymology
editFrom awesome + sauce. Possibly originated in this Strong Bad cartoon.
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Pronunciation
editNoun
editawesome sauce (usually uncountable, plural awesome sauces)
- 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.
- (Canada, US, Internet slang) The essence of awesomeness; excellence.
- 2010, P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, Burned, page 39:
- He was, as my BFF Kayla would say, "a hottie covered with awesome sauce.
- (Canada, US, Internet slang) Something which is awesome, cool or spectacular.
- 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
editawesome sauce (comparative more awesome sauce, superlative most awesome sauce)
Synonyms
edit- awesome (Internet slang)