Intertubes

Etymology
. 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

 * 1)  The Internet.
 * 2) * 2007, David Gewirtz, Where have all the emails gone? (citing a March 30, 2007 blog post on Corrente Wire), Zatz, p. 95:
 * Nameserver administrators also provide email forwarding, which is the equivalent of call-forwarding on the Intertubes.
 * Nameserver administrators also provide email forwarding, which is the equivalent of call-forwarding on the Intertubes.

Related terms

 * intertube