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regular mail, normal postal service (not electronic mail) | ||||
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Snail-mail Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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snail mail
<messaging> (Or "snailmail", "smail" from "US Mail" via "USnail"; "paper mail"). Bits of dead tree sent via the postal service as opposed to electronic mail. One's postal address is, correspondingly, a "snail (mail) address". There have even been parody USnail posters and stamps made.
The variant "paper-net" is a hackish way of referring to the postal service, comparing it to a very slow, low-reliability network. Sig blocks sometimes include a "Paper-Net:" header just before the sender's postal address; common variants of this are "Papernet" and "P-Net". Note that the standard netiquette guidelines discourage this practice as a waste of bandwidth, since netters are quite unlikely to casually use postal addresses and if they really wanted your snail mail address they could always ask for it by e-mail.
Compare voice-net, sneakernet, P-mail.
(1995-01-31)
<messaging> (Or "snailmail", "smail" from "US Mail" via "USnail"; "paper mail"). Bits of dead tree sent via the postal service as opposed to electronic mail. One's postal address is, correspondingly, a "snail (mail) address". There have even been parody USnail posters and stamps made.
The variant "paper-net" is a hackish way of referring to the postal service, comparing it to a very slow, low-reliability network. Sig blocks sometimes include a "Paper-Net:" header just before the sender's postal address; common variants of this are "Papernet" and "P-Net". Note that the standard netiquette guidelines discourage this practice as a waste of bandwidth, since netters are quite unlikely to casually use postal addresses and if they really wanted your snail mail address they could always ask for it by e-mail.
Compare voice-net, sneakernet, P-mail.
(1995-01-31)
| Jargon File |
snail-mail
n. Paper mail, as opposed to electronic. Sometimes written as the single word `SnailMail'. One's postal address is, correspondingly, a `snail address'. Derives from earlier coinage `USnail' (from `U.S. Mail'), for which there have even been parody posters and stamps made. Also (less commonly) called `P-mail', from `paper mail' or `physical mail'. Oppose email.
n. Paper mail, as opposed to electronic. Sometimes written as the single word `SnailMail'. One's postal address is, correspondingly, a `snail address'. Derives from earlier coinage `USnail' (from `U.S. Mail'), for which there have even been parody posters and stamps made. Also (less commonly) called `P-mail', from `paper mail' or `physical mail'. Oppose email.
| A Glossary of Internet & PC Terminology |
Snail Mail
A term that us E-mail users use to describe the traditional mail or post office service. A note will take seconds to go from London to Sydney via E-mail but a number of days via Snail Mail.
A term that us E-mail users use to describe the traditional mail or post office service. A note will take seconds to go from London to Sydney via E-mail but a number of days via Snail Mail.
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| Internet Glossary |
Snail mail
Slang for regular, paper mail sent through the postal services.
Slang for regular, paper mail sent through the postal services.
| Website design & Internet terms |
Snail mail
A disparaging name given to the conventional postal service
A disparaging name given to the conventional postal service
| Internetworking Terms |
snail mail
A pejorative term referring to the normal 'paper' postal service.
A pejorative term referring to the normal 'paper' postal service.
| INTERNET TERMS&ACRONYMSV1.0 |
SNAIL MAIL
Write a letter.Buy a stamp,put on letter.Walk to the postbox and post letter.Wait a two or more day and hopefully it will have reached its intended destination..that’s snail-mail.
Write a letter.Buy a stamp,put on letter.Walk to the postbox and post letter.Wait a two or more day and hopefully it will have reached its intended destination..that’s snail-mail.
Snail-mail Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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snail mail
Noun
1. any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service; "email is much faster than snail mail"
(antonym) electronic mail, e-mail, email
(hypernym) mail, mail service, postal service, post
Noun
1. any mail that is physically delivered by the postal service; "email is much faster than snail mail"
(antonym) electronic mail, e-mail, email
(hypernym) mail, mail service, postal service, post
| Australian Slang |
Snail mail
normal postal service (as opposed to e-mail)
normal postal service (as opposed to e-mail)
| hEnglish - advanced version |
snail mail
snail mail
(or "snailmail", "smail" from "us mail" via "usnail"; "paper mail"). bits of dead tree sent via the postal service as opposed to electronic mail. one's postal address is, correspondingly, a "snail (mail) address". there have even been parody usnail posters and stamps made.
snail mail
(or "snailmail", "smail" from "us mail" via "usnail"; "paper mail"). bits of dead tree sent via the postal service as opposed to electronic mail. one's postal address is, correspondingly, a "snail (mail) address". there have even been parody usnail posters and stamps made.
Snail-mail Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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Snail-mail
term (slightly pejorative) for conventional mail when compared with e-mail or voice-mail.
term (slightly pejorative) for conventional mail when compared with e-mail or voice-mail.
Snail-mail Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Snail mail
Snail mail is a derogatory retronym — named after the snail with its proverbially slow speed — used to refer to letters and carried by conventional postal delivery services. The phrase refers to the lag-time between dispatch of a letter and its receipt, versus the virtually instantaneous dispatch and delivery of its electronic equivalent, e-mail. It is also known, more neutrally, as paper mail, postal mail, or land mail.
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