Word: attaboy
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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George Bernard Shaw, 91, enthusiastically endorsed a British organization called the Anti-Women Society (for "men's rights"), though he declined an invitation to join. "I am far too old," said he, improvising his nouns as he went along. "I can only send you this attaboy...
According to Skaarup and Winther, a bobby-soxer is a flapper; ladies' undies are called twilights; a drizzle is a boy who always walks with the same girl; and when you say attaboy, you mean either bravo, get at it again, or a member of an air transport auxiliary corps. After consulting the dictionary, Danes would have no trouble following the English dialogue of such Hollywood hits as Himlen kan vente (Heaven Can Wait), might tackle the best-selling Der gror et Trae i Brooklyn in the original...
...Admiral's desk was full of the "attaboy" letters that had poured in. From Texas had come a pair of spurs, on its way from Reno was a $2,000 saddle...