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(totally) awesome
slang Excellent; fantastic; really great or impressive. Primarily heard in US. A: "How was the concert?" B: "Oh, it was awesome! I was, like, so moved by their performance!" Have you seen their house? Totally awesome, am I right?
See also: awesome
awesome
slang Excellent; fantastic; really great or impressive. Primarily heard in US. A: "How was the concert?" B: "Oh, it was awesome! Everyone there was so pumped up!" Have you seen their house? It's pretty awesome—they've got, like, nine bedrooms, a game room, and even an indoor pool!
awesome sauce
slang Excellent, great, or exceptionally interesting. I couldn't take him seriously when he described the movie as being awesome sauce. Awesome sauce! I got an A on my midterm!
How (something) is that?
That is very (something). Adjectives commonly used in this construction include "strange," "cool," and "awesome," among others. Did you know that hummingbirds can fly backwards? How cool is that? A: "Frank spent prom night home alone playing video games. How sad is that?" B: "Actually, that sounds pretty great."
See also: how
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totally awesome
Sl. very, very impressive. His motorcycle is totally awesome. It must have cost a fortune.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
awesome
1. exclam. Great!; Excellent! (Usually Awesome! Standard English, but used often in slang.) You own that gorgeous hog? Awesome!
2. mod. impressive. That thing is so awesome!
totally awesome
mod. very, very impressive. His motorcycle is totally awesome. It must have cost a fortune.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
awesome!
Slang for “wonderful,” “terrific,” originating in the second half of the twentieth century and used widely by youngsters. It transferred the original meaning of awe-inspiring, dating from the seventeenth century. A New Yorker cartoon caption had it (Dec. 19, 1983): “Third grade? Third grade is awesome!”
The Dictionary of Clichés by Christine Ammer Copyright © 2013 by Christine Ammer