Intertubes

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Intertubes

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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.

proper noun the Intertubes · Intertube · intertube · intertubes

Internet, humorous, plural, plural only The Internet. Nameserver administrators also provide email forwarding, which is the equivalent of call-forwarding on the Intertubes.
Similar: interweb

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@misc{intertubes_2026,
  title = {Intertubes},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/intertubes},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}