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.

  • Gerblat@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    All I know is the first time I heard it was back in 2007 when I was in USMC boot camp, and one of the drill instructors said to one of the struggling recruits, “You’re just a poor little SpaghettiO, lost in the sauce” and I had to hold back that special kind of maniacal laughter that comes from being sleep deprived to avoid shifting that drill instructor’s focus in my direction.

    I’ve loved that saying ever since