snail mail

Definitions

1. Mail (physical material) sent in the post, especially as compared with email.
   retronym, uncountable
2. Mail (postal service), especially as compared with email.
   retronym, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“I came home to a mailbox stuffed with snail mail.”

“To send⟳ a letter by snail mail (the Postal Service), you must still compose it, and also print⟳ it out, unless you write⟳ it by hand or on a typewriter.”

“The official notice⟳ will be sent via both email and snail mail owing to legal requirements.”

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