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  • adjective slang Boring or disappointing.

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From weak +‎ sauce.

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  • To be lame, unworthy, pathetic. In reference to the flavors of hot sauce available at Taco Bell - mild and hot.

    August 28, 2008

  • They're not piquant enough?

    August 28, 2008

  • The mild needs more capsaicin.

    August 28, 2008

  • Agreed. The mild sauce is only good when you actually try to eat the food without using *any* sauce. In those instances, weaksauce is better than none.

    Perfect word for this, Lampbane. Did you invent it, or see it somewhere?

    August 28, 2008

  • I hear it most often as a descriptor for a lackluster event/effort.

    August 28, 2008

  • Funny, my ex-boyfriend actually asked the same thing, and I was thrown for a loop. Weaksauce is one of those words that I guess doesn't make a strong impression when you first hear it, but it worms its way into your vocabulary anyway.

    So no, I didn't invent the word. My best guess is that I first saw it on some video game site.

    August 29, 2008

  • Actually, Taco Bell has a hotter sauce than hot, known as fire. It still isn't up to wild sauce at BW3s, but it is a considerable improvement.

    August 29, 2008

  • I was trying to remember the name of the third sauce! I knew there was more than mild and hot, I just couldn't remember what the next step was. I just loved the progression.

    August 29, 2008

  • Anyone want to do a chilisauce list?

    August 29, 2008

  • Here's palooka's, if it's what you have in mind. :-)

    August 29, 2008

  • an expression used when something is strongly disliked; "i heard you failed your exam. that's weaksauce."

    June 9, 2009