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snail mail

 
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–noun
Facetious. physical delivery of mail, as contrasted with electronic mail.
Also called s-mail.

Origin:
1980–85
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Cultural Dictionary

snail mail

A term used to denote mail sent via the traditional postal service, usually to contrast that process to e-mail.

The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Slang Dictionary
snail-mail

  1. n.
    post office mail; regular mail as opposed to electronic mail. (Refers to the slowness of regular mail in comparison to electronic mail or faxes.) : There are lots of color pictures in the article, so I will send you the original by snail-mail.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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