Some may remember a time before computers when people actually delivered mail by hand from door to door.
A time when teenagers put secret messages on the back of envelopes.
These were known as “Postman Puzzlers.”
Here is a list of some I know of. The first one being the most popular.
Code | Meaning |
| S.W.A.K. |
Sealed with a kiss. |
N.A.T.O. |
No action, talk only. |
H.O.L.L.A.N.D. |
Hope our love lasts and never dies. |
O.U.Q.T.I.N.V.U. |
Oh, you cutie, I envy you. |
T.S.T.S.T.B.A. |
To someone to sweet to be alone. |
B.B.H.C.Y.K. |
Bye-bye honey, consider yourself kissed. |
S.W.G.O.C. |
Sealed with glue, of course. |
B.C.N.U. |
Be seein’ you. |
S.W.S.S.T.K.T.D.T.S. |
Sealed with sufficient saliva to keep the darn thing shut. |
R.L.M.T.I.T.M. |
Run like mad, this is teenage mail. |
I.L.Y.W.P.O.P.P. |
I love you with puddles of purple passion. |
S.W.A.L.C.A.K.W.S. |
Sealed with a lick cause a kiss wouldn’t stick. |
F.F.F.F.T.O.Y.F.F. |
Fall fatally flat five time on your fat face. |
Y.T.T.O.H.T.W.R.P.T.K.I.B.D. |
Yours till the ocean has to wear rubber pants to keep its bottom dry. |
T.T.F.N. |
Ta-ta for now. |
Y.T.T.H.H.T.T.S.E.P. |
Yours till they hitch hrses to the Saturday Evening Post. |
L.A.K.A.O.I.A. |
Love an kisses and other indoor amusements. |
O.B.R.R.B.A.A.B.L. |
Open before reading, read before answering, answer before long. |
P.P.P.P.&.L.S. |
Please pardon poor penmanship & lousy stationary. |
A.A.A.A.A.A. |
Anxiously awaiting an answeras always. |
P.P.D.D.D.T.C.C.A.T.W. |
Postman, postman, don’t delay, do the Cha-cha all the way. |
D.D.D.D. |
D’liever D’letter D’sooner D’better |
I.T.A.L.Y. |
I trust and love you. |
B.U.R.M.A. |
Be undressed and ready my angel. |
T.S.T.S..T.S.A. |
To someone to sweet to sleep alone. |
