used mostly in the 80's, or by people mocking the 80's to describe something 'awesome' or 'excelent' ie, good.

From 1986....Sufer way to say cool. Relates to the tube a wave forms when cresting. First started in the Maplewood/South Orange Area of NJ and moved up and down East coast surfer comunity. Was in use in the west coast by 1988.

A slightly outdated term from the 80's used to describe something cool. Stems from the vaccuum tubes in electric guitar amplifiers producing a "tubular" sound rather than the bland tinny sound of the solid-state (transistor) amplifiers which came out in the 80's.

Tubular is in referance to surfing in the barrel. the tube. getting in a tube is awesome, hence the word tubular : )

Very cool. Rad. surfer lingo Term is from Maplewood N.J. the East Coast usage stopped by the early 90's, but became very popular term in the West Coast.

Late 70s and 80s slang, adj. As groovy and as it gets. Too cool to be just a passing fad, like saying tubular turned out to be.

Derived from a way cool 1973 album, titled Tubular Bells, by Mike Oldfield.

Vals picked up the word and that was the death of saying tubular. If it weren't for so many Vals saying, like tubular that other people associated it with Valspeak, people wouldn't have become afraid to continue saying tubular when Valspeak went out of style.

A once-popular expression meaning, essentially, 'really cool'. Synonymous with far out and awesome. Rarely used these days, except as a joke.