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.
That song was part of my ukulele busking set back in the day, and I still play it for myself now and then. Weirdly, that’s the only Ween album I’ve ever really gotten into. l also play Cold Blows The Wind and The Blarney Stone from that album. It’s such a good album.
I always thought it referred to being drunk. Sauce being a euphemism for alcohol.