(Internet slang, jocular) The Internet.
(Internet slang, jocular) The Internet.
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(Internet slang) The Internet.
Tubes is internet slang for the internet itself, used mostly humorously and often referencing the infamous 2006 US Senate speech where Ted Stevens described the internet as 'a series of tubes.' That speech became an instant meme and the phrase stuck as a playful, self-aware way to refer to the web. Separately, 'the tubes' can refer to the internal workings of the body — your digestive system, respiratory tract, or other internal passages. Context makes it clear which tubes you mean.
(chiefly, Internet slang, humorous) The Internet.
(Internet slang, humorous, often, in the plural) The Internet.