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Intertubes

Intertubes proper noun: the Internet.

Proper noun

the Intertubes pl (plural only)

  1. (Internet, humorous, plural, plural-only) The Internet.
    • Nameserver administrators also provide email forwarding, which is the equivalent of call-forwarding on the Intertubes.2007, David Gewirtz, Where have all the emails gone? (citing a March 30, 2007 blog post on Corrente Wire), Zatz, p. 95
    • (If you missed my musings, you can find them on the Intertubes here [link removed])2008 January, Rik Myslewski, “Deep Tech - Multicore Management”, in Mac Life, volume 2, number 1, page 17
    Synonyms:
    interweb

Synonyms of Intertubes

Forms of Intertubes

alternative formIntertube
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alternative formintertubes

Origin of Intertubes

Blend of Internet + tubes. Inspired by the famous "series of tubes" analogy used on June 28, 2006 by then United States Senator Ted Stevens to describe the Internet.

Questions about Intertubes

What does Intertubes mean?
Intertubes means the Internet.
What part of speech is Intertubes?
Intertubes is a proper noun.

Words near Intertubes in the dictionary

  1. intertube
  2. intertuberal
  3. intertubercle
  4. intertubercular
  5. intertuberous
  6. Intertubes
  7. intertubular
  8. intertubule
  9. intertumor
  10. intertumoral
  11. intertumorally

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