awesome sauce

noun

The essence of awesomeness; excellence.

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nounawesome sauce (usually uncountable, plural awesome sauces)

plural awesome sauces · alternative awesome-sauce · alternative awesomesauce

  1. CanadaInternetUSdateduncountableusuallyThe essence of awesomeness; excellence.

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

    2010, P.C. Cast, Kristin Cast, Burned, page 39
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    So I am quite proud of us, I think it was a great show, every band was pure concentrated awesome sauce!

    2009 March 11, Odd Austin, “Odd News for Odd People- An Odd Austin Update 3/11/09”, in rec.music.dementia (Usenet)
  2. CanadaInternetUSdateduncountableusuallySomething which is awesome, cool or spectacular.

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

    2008 July 7, Justin Bozonier, “Building Together”, in Seattle area Alt.Net (Google Groups)
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    The idea is solid awesome sauce, I just don't see it as a feasible undertaking for this project at this point in time.

    2009 May 7, pcm1...@gmail.com, “Threading, background loading”, in openmw (Google Groups)
  3. uncountableusuallyaestheticA vibrant, chaotic, and heavily meme-driven aesthetic from the late 2000s to early 2010s; characterized by surreal, random, and ironic humor; often pairs MS Paint-style graphics and 80s airbrush motifs with neon colors, space galaxies, cats, or junk food.
  4. uncountableusuallyUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see awesome, sauce.

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

    2005, Cary Neff, Conscious Cuisine, page 242
adjectiveawesome sauce (comparative more awesome sauce, superlative most awesome sauce)

comparative more awesome sauce · superlative most awesome sauce · alternative awesome-sauce · alternative awesomesauce

  1. CanadaInternetUSdatedAwesome; excellent.

    you guys are awesomesauce.

    2001 September 22, carmelita cortez, “Shadowy men in a taco bell ad!”, in alt.tv.kids-in-hall (Usenet)
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    April: Hey, I love you. Andy: Dude, shut up! That is awesome sauce!

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

    Synonyms: awesome

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveAwesome; excellent.

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Origin

From awesome + sauce. Usage of the term might be after earlier weaksauce.

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APA

awesome sauce. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awesome%20sauce

MLA

“awesome sauce.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awesome%20sauce. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “awesome sauce,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/awesome%20sauce.

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