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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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"The gratitude for saving people's children is awesome, but there were ones that I didn't save."

From BBC ● Oct. 23, 2026

Musk has often promoted Community Notes, calling it "awesome" and asserting that all users, including himself, were subject to being corrected by the crowd-sourced model.

From Barron's ● Oct. 21, 2026

"So, very excited, very pleased and it's not often you achieve a lap like today and it's a pretty awesome feeling when you do."

From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

“So,” Becky said, “what do you think of our awesome outfits?”

From "Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence" by Sonja Thomas


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