This evening the thought, “who first said they were lost in the sauce?” Passed through my head. Googled “lost in the sauce etymology” and much of the Internet claims that Gucci Mane coined the phrase in 2013. The band Ween has a beautiful song released in 1997 featuring the lyrics “Lost in the sauce once again.” This predates Gucci Mane’s usage by 16 years and is surely not the first time the phrase has been used. The misinformation and misattribution is very mildly infuriating.

Please post the earliest usage of lost in the sauce you can find so we can right this wrong.

  • Nurse_Robot@lemmy.worldEnglish
    31·
    14 hours ago

    Urban dictionary, 2006

    https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=lost+in+the+sauce&page=2

    Lost In The Sauce Listen to pronunciation Share definition When you begin to have intercourse with every intention of using a condom, however you start off without one. At some point you say to yourself im going to get the condom, but you never do. In her moisture, the sensation is so good, you never bother to get up and get one, therefore remaining raw. Short term; going raw, no protection. “Man this girl was so fine that we started off with the foreplay and before you know it, I was Lost In The Sauce.” by Jay Denson August 17, 2006