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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’s awesome to have those guys. It’s a great position to put themselves in.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

"We've seen humpbacks here on the rare occasion... but it seems to be becoming more common, which is awesome," he said.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 7, 2026

Lilith Fair was the awesome thing to do with your friends; it’s what everybody was talking about back then.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 1, 2026

"I was going to glue it on later. I let Scruffy smell it so he'd help me find the slippers. He has an awesome sense of smell. I think his great-grandfather was a bloodhound."

From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene




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