snail-mail

snail mail

Facetious.
noun
1.
physical delivery of mail, as contrasted with e-mail.
2.
the letters, packages, etc. delivered this way.
Also called s-mail.


Origin:
1980–85
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the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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Cultural Dictionary

snail mail definition


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
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Slang Dictionary

snail-mail definition


  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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