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.
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.
Even now, Peeps are still grooving to Tubular Bells, and they figured out by the 80s that it wasn't just a passing fad, so anything groovy enough to outlast a fad became tubular. It's too bad saying tubular wasn't tubular.
by Downstrike May 9, 2006
A slightly outdated term from the 80's used to describe something cool.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.
by nfhstx April 18, 2006
The first time I heard it used was in the surf crowd( Hawaii and California) in the late '50's and early '60's. Surfing in the tube{where the wave curls over) is as cool as it gets. Tubular
by Ironhorse Ryder February 4, 2017
Is coming back as an expression you say whilst baked. Usually a response to the question "Hey dude how are the waves?" which is asked when your friends join the party or when Spongebob is on.
Guy exhales ganja: "Hey man here comes Dave"
Dave from a distance: "Hey dudes how are the waves? (Ganja)
Guy: "Tubular!"
man:"Hey man we're baked and Spongebob is on."
guy:"Tubular"
Dave from a distance: "Hey dudes how are the waves? (Ganja)
Guy: "Tubular!"
man:"Hey man we're baked and Spongebob is on."
guy:"Tubular"
by JayAdams March 2, 2010
1) Of or relating to a tube.
2)Constituting or consisting of tubes or a tube.
3) Shaped like a tube.
4) stolen from science by the surf culture and later by pop culture (in the 1980's).
5) see tubeular for more
6) of or relating to a good thing. See tubeular, supra.
2)Constituting or consisting of tubes or a tube.
3) Shaped like a tube.
4) stolen from science by the surf culture and later by pop culture (in the 1980's).
5) see tubeular for more
6) of or relating to a good thing. See tubeular, supra.
by fntiger July 15, 2004
by USAF Cadet August 4, 2021