type
adjective
pronounced
/tubular/
emerged
recent
status
fading

tubular

   ironically dated

the one-line answer

Excellent. The most enthusiastically dated surf slang.

Tubular is surfer slang for a perfect hollow wave. Extended to mean excellent. Now so dated it is almost exclusively ironic.

fading

Well known in specific communities.

01 / in the wild

hear it move.

ironic
tubular dude. totally tubular.
Excellent. That is excellent.