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SWAK
sealed with a kiss
and SWAKwritten and sent with love and care. (The initialism is sometimes written on love letters. Also an acronym.) All her letters come SWAK. I know they are sealed with a kiss, because she says so.
sealed with a kiss
and SWAK mod. written and sent with love and care. (The initialism is sometimes written on love letters. Also an acronym.) I know they are sealed with a kiss, because she says so.
SWAK
verbS.W.A.K.
A mark of affection on the back of an envelope. Before e-mail, Facebook, and Twitter, people exchanged romantic sentiments by means of handwritten letters. One way to include a final bit of tenderness was to write S.W.A.K. on the back of the envelope. Women often blotted their lipstick over the four letters to emphasize their love.
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Modestas | | - | Lithuanian |
Misti | | MIS-tee | English |
Genoveffa | | je-no-VEF-fah | Italian |
Dayton | | DAY-tən | English |
Putnam | | ['pʌtnəm] | |
Benedikt | | BE-ne-dikt (German), bye-nye-DEEKT (Russian), bee-nee-DEEKT (Russian) | German, Russian, Icelandic, Czech |