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View synonyms for snail mail
snail mail
noun
, Facetious.
- physical delivery of mail, as contrasted with email.
- the letters, packages, etc., delivered this way.
snail mail
noun
- the conventional postal system, as opposed to electronic mail
verb
- tr to send by the conventional postal system, rather than by electronic mail
snail mail
- A term used to denote mail sent via the traditional postal service, usually to contrast that process to e-mail .
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Word History and Origins
Origin of snail mail1
First recorded in 1980–85
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Word History and Origins
Origin of snail mail1
C20: so named because of the relative slowness of the conventional postal system
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Idioms and Phrases
Ordinary 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]Advertisement
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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