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tubular (adj.)
1670s, "having the form of a tube or pipe," from Latin
tubulus
"a small pipe" (see
tube
) +
-ar
. Teen slang sense attested by 1982, Valspeak, apparently from surfers' slang for a hollow, curling wave, ideal for riding.