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Which animated franchise helped make the slang use of awesome even more popular in the late 1980s and early 1990s?

awesome

[aw-suhm] / ˈɔ səm /




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“It was awesome, and you feel like the man all of a sudden.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 7, 2026

As the network’s famed college basketball commentator Dick Vitale would say, “That’s awesome, baby!”

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

No, really, that’s about all the plot you need to know, and it’s kinda awesome.

From MarketWatch Jul. 31, 2026

“I sit in this thing and I wonder how in the hell it was such an awesome truck because it’s so stinkin’ small,” Jeff Kent says.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 26, 2026

But they left, fearing our awesome power, and we spent the whole day swimming.

From "The Way to Rio Luna" by Zoraida Cordova




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