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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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"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

The Reapers look awesome through cinematographer Erik Messerschmidt’s night-vision binoculars that make their skin glow an alien shade of green.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 28, 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

"I'm still quite emotional about it, it was just such a gigantic, awesome event," she said.

From BBC Aug. 11, 2026

By morning, I’d decided that the chance to travel to another planet—a planet of cats!—was too awesome to miss.

From "Klawde: Evil Alien Warlord Cat" by Johnny Marciano and Emily Chenoweth




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