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weaksauce

adj
/ˈwiːksɔːs/UK/ˈwikˌsɔs/US

Etymology

PIE word *sḗh₂l From weak (adjective) + sauce (noun), referring to a sauce that lacks flavour. By surface analysis, weak + -sauce (suffix used to add emphasis to adjectives).

  1. derived from salsus
  2. derived from *salsa✻
  3. derived from sause
  4. inherited from sauce
  5. compounded as weaksauce — “weak + sauce”

Definitions

  1. Lacking in interest or substance

    Lacking in interest or substance; boring, disappointing, lackluster.

    • Blazing at a very healthy 30 frames per second with NO clipping, NO slowdown, and NO loss of graphic quality, this one made Eggo run to the nearest restroom after his ‘weak sauce’ stomach gave out.
    • Getting your butt thrashed by those curvaceous powdery paths? Or are ya getting tired of that weaksauce boarder of yours? Here are some codes that should do the trick: […]

  2. Someone or something that is lacking in interest or substance.

    • Had a run-in on the bus with some weak sauces.

  3. The quality or state of lacking in interest or substance

    The quality or state of lacking in interest or substance; boringness, disappointment.

    • […] New England Asters. Not the pale domesticates of the perennial border, the weak sauce of lavender or sky blue, but full-on royal purple that would make a violet shrink.
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Synonym of weak tea (“weak or feeble arguments, efforts, or proposals”).

      • But when I turned pro, I knew I needed a really badass name, 'cuz it intimidates n00bs, who will disconnect just when they see me show up. And I'm like, "Bye—take that weaksauce home."

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for weaksauce. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA