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Ail Vt. To Snail-mail Something. "Snail Me A Copy Of Those Graphics, Will You?
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snail vt.
To snail-mail something. "Snail me a copy
of those graphics, will you?"
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ail: vt. To {snail-mail} something. "Snail me a copy of those graphics, will you?
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
P-mail n. [rare] Physical mail, as opposed to email.
Synonymous with snail-mail, but much less common....
P-mail: n. Physical mail, as opposed to {email}. Synonymous with {snail-mail}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary...
You know you've been hacking too long when... ...you get snail mail, and you think to your self "You have new mail on node "your_address" from user "name_on_the_frank".
By perseverance the snail reached the Ark. -- Charles Spurgeo
ail-mail: n. Paper mail, as opposed to electronic.
Sometimes written as the single word `SnailMail'....
The difference between a politician and a snail is that a snail leaves its slime behind.
-- Gerrold's Pronounceme...
email: /ee'mayl/ (also written `e-mail') 1. n. Electronic mail automatically passed through computer networks and/or via modems over common-carrier lines.
Contrast {snail-mail}, {paper-net}, {voice-net}....
A snail can moter along at about two feet per hour.