awesome sauce

• awesome-sauce, awesomesauce

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.^[1]

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awesome sauce (usually uncountable, plural awesome sauces)

1. (Canada, US, Internet slang, dated) 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.

2. (Canada, US, Internet slang, dated) Something which is awesome, cool or spectacular.
   • 2009 May 7, [email protected], “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.

3. 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.

awesome sauce (comparative more awesome sauce, superlative most awesome sauce) (Canada, US, Internet slang, dated)

1. awesome; excellent
   • 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!

• awesome

• fail, weaksauce, pitiful