Meaning & use

awesomesauce

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Extremely good or excellent; used informally as an exuberant, often ironic, intensifier of 'awesome.'

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The new update to the app is totally awesomesauce, according to early reviewers.

"That was awesomesauce!" she shouted after nailing the trick on her skateboard.

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A playful blend of 'awesome' and 'sauce' that emerged in internet slang in the 2000s, often used self-consciously or humorously rather than in serious writing.

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