Intertubes en · PROPN
Etymology
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.
Meanings
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(Internet, humorous, plural, plural-only) The Internet.
Go on out to the wilds of the Intertubes and have a look: there are approximately 8,234,58721 vegan food blogs […]
2009, Bob & Jenna Torres, Vegan Freak: Being Vegan in a Non-Vegan World, 2nd edition, PM Press, page 52:(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: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
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| intertubes | alternative | lexicographic | |
| intertube | alternative | lexicographic | |
| the Intertubes | Number=Plur | canonical | lexicographic |
| Intertube | alternative | lexicographic |