sauce, n.² — Green’s Dictionary of Slang

sauce n.²

[fig. use of SE, but why?]

(US campus) something bad or inferior.

1997–2000

College Sl. Research Project (Cal. State Poly. Uni., Pomona) 🌐 Sauce 1. (noun) Something bad, or low-rated.

saucy (adj.)

bad or inferior.

1997–2000

College Sl. Research Project (Cal. State Poly. Uni., Pomona) 🌐 Saucy (adj.) Bad, low-rated.

drink of sauce’s cup (v.)

see under drink v.