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Word: attaway (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Usage:

...second. Then, with a 1-1 count on First Baseman Bob Robertson, Roberto tried to call a time-out to get the sign straight. Too late. Robertson drove the next pitch into the right centerfield mezzanine for a three-run homer. As Robertson crossed the plate, Stargell exclaimed: "Attaway to bunt!" Bunt? Robertson had missed the bunt sign. Final score: Pirates 5, Orioles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Bucs and Birds Battle It Out | 10/25/1971 | See Source »

...game between the Chicago Bears and the Detroit Lions, a sweet young thing was explaining to her father about some charitable enterprise on which her sorority at a local college had embarked. Suddenly, on the field, Bear Linebacker Dick Butkus very nearly decapitated a Lion runner. Out went charity. "Attaway, Dick!" shrieked Sweet Young Thing. "Attababy. Kill the sonofabitch." There is, in short, a bit of the beast in all true football fans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Essay: MYSTIQUE OF PRO FOOTBALL | 11/9/1970 | See Source »

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