Meanings
alternative Intertube · alternative intertube · alternative intertubes
- Internethumorouspluralplural onlyThe Internet.
(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 172 more examples
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. 95Go 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 52Synonyms: interweb
Synonyms & antonyms
proper nounThe Internet.
Origin
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.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
Intertubes. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Intertubes
“Intertubes.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Intertubes. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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