English Explanatory Dictionary

series of tubes

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The Internet.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-series of tubes.wav

Word forms

series of tubes

Etymology

Coined by American politician Ted Stevens in 2006 to describe the Internet in the context of opposing network neutrality, the phrase was widely ridiculed and began to be used satirically.

Synonyms

Intertubes cloud cyberspace digital highway Infobahn information highway information superhighway Internet interweb Net series of tubes t'internet interwebs interwebz
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