Phrase guide
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noun
The Internet.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, humorous
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Synonyms: Intertubes, cloud, cyberspace, digital highway, Infobahn, information highway, information superhighway, Internet, interweb, Net, series of tubes, t'internet, interwebs, interwebz
Antonyms: none provided
History
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.
