"-sauce" meaning in English

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Suffix

Etymology: Probably generalized from awesome sauce. Etymology templates: {{m|en|awesome sauce}} awesome sauce Head templates: {{head|en|suffix|cat2=|cat3=|head=|id=}} -sauce, {{en-suffix}} -sauce
  1. (slang) Used to add emphasis to adjectives, especially those that relate to cool- or uncoolness. Tags: morpheme, slang
    Sense id: en--sauce-en-suffix-5guESZB5 Derived forms: awesome sauce, awesomesauce, awesome-sauce, beatsauce, boss sauce, dumb sauce, fail sauce, gay sauce, scary sauce, sweet sauce, win sauce

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          "word": "boss sauce"
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          "word": "dumb sauce"
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          "word": "fail sauce"
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        },
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