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snail mail
snail mailn. Informal Mail delivered by a postal system, as distinct from electronic mail.snail mail n (Communications & Information) the conventional postal system, as opposed to electronic mail vb (Communications & Information) (tr) to send by the conventional postal system, rather than by electronic mail [C20: so named because of the relative slowness of the conventional postal system]snail′ mail`
n. physical delivery of mail, as contrasted with electronic mail. Also called s-mail. [1980–85] Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  snail mail - any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service; "email is much faster than snail mail"mail service, postal service, mail, post - the system whereby messages are transmitted via the post office; "the mail handles billions of items every day"; "he works for the United States mail service"; "in England they call mail `the post'"electronic mail, email, e-mail - (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in; "you cannot send packages by electronic mail"electronic mail, email, e-mail - (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in; "you cannot send packages by electronic mail"electronic mail, email, e-mail - (computer science) a system of world-wide electronic communication in which a computer user can compose a message at one terminal that can be regenerated at the recipient's terminal when the recipient logs in; "you cannot send packages by electronic mail" |
Translationssnail mail
snail mailPaper mail sent through the postal service (as opposed to email). Snails are thought of as very slow. A: "Did we get any exciting snail mail today?" B: "Nah, just some bills." Wait, you sent the invitations snail mail? Why didn't you just do e-vites?See also: mail, snailsnail mailOrdinary postal service, as opposed to electronic communications. For example, He hasn't taken to his computer so he's still using snail mail. This slangy idiom, alluding to the alleged slowness of the snail, caught on at least partly for its rhyme. [1980s] See also: mail, snailˈsnail mail (informal, humorous) used especially by people who use email on computers to describe the system of sending letters by ordinary mail: I’d love to hear from you, either by email or snail mail.See also: mail, snailsnail-mail 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. snail mail
snail mail (messaging)(Or "snailmail", "smail" from "US Mail" via"USnail"; "paper mail"). Bits of dead tree sent via thepostal service as opposed to electronic mail. One's postaladdress is, correspondingly, a "snail (mail) address". Therehave even been parody USnail posters and stamps made.
The variant "paper-net" is a hackish way of referring to thepostal service, comparing it to a very slow, low-reliabilitynetwork. Sig blocks sometimes include a "Paper-Net:"header just before the sender's postal address; commonvariants of this are "Papernet" and "P-Net". Note that thestandard netiquette guidelines discourage this practice as awaste of bandwidth, since netters are quite unlikely tocasually use postal addresses and if they really wanted yoursnail mail address they could always ask for it by e-mail.
Compare voice-net, sneakernet, P-mail.snail mailMail sent via a country's government-regulated postal system.Snail Mail
Snail MailA popular slang term for correspondence sent through the post, rather than by e-mail. Snail mail is much slower than e-mail (hence its name) and has become less common for correspondence in which a physical signature or package is not required.Snail MailA term often used by Internet aficionados to describe traditional ground mail via the U.S. Postal Service, referring to its relatively slow speed of delivery compared to e-mail.See SMAIL
See SMAILsnail mail
Antonyms for snail mailnoun any mail that is physically delivered by the postal serviceRelated Words- mail service
- postal service
- mail
- post
Antonyms- electronic mail
- email
- e-mail
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