"awesome sauce" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more awesome sauce [comparative], most awesome sauce [superlative]
Etymology: awesome + sauce. Possibly originated in this Strong Bad cartoon. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|awesome|sauce}} awesome + sauce Head templates: {{en-adj}} awesome sauce (comparative more awesome sauce, superlative most awesome sauce)
  1. (Canada, US, Internet slang) awesome; excellent Tags: Canada, Internet, US Synonyms: awesome-sauce, awesomesauce, awesome [Internet]
    Sense id: en-awesome_sauce-en-adj-R2xb39SL Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 5 35 13

Noun

Forms: awesome sauces [plural]
Etymology: awesome + sauce. Possibly originated in this Strong Bad cartoon. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|awesome|sauce}} awesome + sauce Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} awesome sauce (usually uncountable, plural awesome sauces)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see awesome, sauce. Tags: uncountable, usually
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  2. (Canada, US, Internet slang) The essence of awesomeness; excellence. Tags: Canada, Internet, US, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-awesome_sauce-en-noun-l4hjmsnQ Categories (other): American English, Canadian English
  3. (Canada, US, Internet slang) Something which is awesome, cool or spectacular. Tags: Canada, Internet, US, uncountable, usually
    Sense id: en-awesome_sauce-en-noun-y1c5syEO Categories (other): American English, Canadian English

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