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title: "tubular · GenZ Decoded"
description: "tubular: Excellent or amazing; originally from surfing culture. Example: \"That concert last night was totally tubular.\" Meaning, Gen X usage, and related slang."
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# tubular

Gen X[#cool](https://genzdecoded.com/slang-for/approval/)

**Meaning.** Excellent or amazing; originally from surfing culture.

See it in a sentence

That concert last night was totally tubular.

## How each generation says it

The closest equivalent for this idea in every generation.

- Gen Z

    [bomb](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/bomb/),[buttah](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/buttah/)

- Gen Alpha

    No word for this one yet.

- Millennial

    [awesome](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/awesome/)

- Gen X · this one

    tubular,[all that and a bag of chips](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/all-that-and-a-bag-of-chips/)

- Boomer

    [far out](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/far-out/),[groovy](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/groovy/)

- Plain English

    excellent or amazing

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- [How every generation says that's excellent](https://genzdecoded.com/how-to-say/thats-excellent/)

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## Related slang

- [Slept on](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/slept-on/): Underappreciated
- [solid](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/solid/): Excellent, dependable, or agreeable; a mark of approval.
- [tuff](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/tuff/): Cool, impressive, or good. A stylized spelling of tough used as praise for an outfit, a song, or a move.
- [type shit](https://genzdecoded.com/dictionary/type-shit/): A casual, mildly vulgar yes, meaning agreed, exactly, for real, or that is the kind of thing I mean.

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