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snailmail
Last modified: Tuesday, March 12, 2002
Normal postal mail, where an actual physical letter or package is delivered. The term didn't exist until electronic mail (e-mail) became so prevalent that there was a requirement to differentiate the two. Obviously, the term was invented by e-mail aficionados as a small barb directed at the relative slowness of physical transportation.
Snailmail is sometimes spelled as two separate words, snail mail.
