noun Internet Slang

Sauce

/sɔːs/ · noun · slang

Gym slang for steroids or performance-enhancing drugs — 'on the sauce.'

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Definitions

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Note: in non-gym slang 'sauce' means swagger or the source of something; this is the steroid sense.

“Started the sauce and blew up in two months.”
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Used in 'sauced up' to describe someone clearly enhanced.

“Dude is fully sauced up, look at the size.”
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Slang for anabolic steroids or other performance enhancers. To be 'on the sauce' is to be using them.

“Gains like that, he's definitely on the sauce.”
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Sauce In A Sentence

Half the influencers selling natty programs are on the sauce.
He claims natty but the sudden gains scream sauce.
Once you're on the sauce, recovery is a different game.

Origin & Usage

Bodybuilding euphemism for injectable steroids ('juice' / 'sauce'), in use for decades to talk around the topic. It overlaps with 'juice' and 'gear' as drug slang.

Variants on the saucesauced upjuicegear
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People Also Ask

What does sauce mean in gym slang?

In the gym, sauce is slang for anabolic steroids or performance-enhancing drugs. 'On the sauce' means someone is using them.

Is sauce the same as juice?

Yes, in this context. Sauce, juice and gear are all gym euphemisms for steroids, used to talk around the subject.

Does sauce always mean steroids?

No. Outside the gym, 'sauce' often means swagger or the original source of something. The steroid meaning is specific to fitness slang.

What does 'sauced up' mean?

Sauced up describes someone who is clearly using steroids, usually said about a very large or fast-improving physique.

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