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When you eagerly post some 'breaking' news to a chat room, online community or forum, in an attempt to gain some social kudos and increase your importance. However, after posting you find that someone else had posted the same story just a few posts above. The community then decorates your post with Snail emojis to let you know that you are in fact very slow and you've lost social kudos points, as well as providing amusement to your peers. This is known as being 'Snailed'.
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