Attaboy

Its researchers recently received an attaboy from the author of Zlob buried in the coding of a recent variant of the Trojan. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Lofty words and "attaboy" - toasts and pats on the back mean absolutely nothing. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Mayor Vincent Gray attended last night's hoops tilt between the George Washington University Colonials and the La Salle Explorers "expecting a brief 'attaboy' from his alma mater," the Post's Steve Hendrix writes today. ❋ Mike DeBonis (2011)

The watch also sends reminders when users haven't run in awhile and gives "attaboy" motivational messages when they are hitting the pavement. ❋ Daisuke Wakabayashi (2011)

• Bikers Thank LaHood: The transportation secretary gets an "attaboy" from 275 pedestrian and bicycle-friendly organizations on Friday outside DOT headquarters in Washington. ❋ Unknown (2010)

By not only not correcting the caller's error, but by amplifying it and giving him an "attaboy," I'd say that qualifies as an error. ❋ Unknown (2009)

All my life, I've noticed a huge difference between the people who work for themselves and have to accomplish something to get paid, and people who've spent their time climbing the "attaboy" ladder. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Good patriotic American Christian Republicans have no trouble seeing that a Texan like George W. Bush deserves an "attaboy" for his use of extreme questioning because the results saved American lives. ❋ Unknown (2009)

If you leave a position where you're relatively comfortable and learning some, and go to another where you're getting some more money and what one guy told me was "a sense of security," plus maybe a boss who pats you on the back with an "attaboy," you end up on the lowest rungs when it comes to "financially beneficial" (quotes funny) layoffs. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Does she owe me anything, aside from an apology and maybe a free, autographed copy of her book with an "attaboy" on the passage in question? ❋ Unknown (2008)

Yes, Barack, you've won an "attaboy" from RedState! ❋ Unknown (2008)

I have to give a big "attaboy" to Don for telling it straight. ❋ Unknown (2005)

It would have been nice to have had an "attaboy" or, you know, thanks for service or whatever, but I'm not asking for that. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Interesting: Chris Medlock noted that a speaker Chris Jennings, if I heard the name correctly against the charter amendment sat down next to Chamber CEO Jay Clemens and got an "attaboy". ❋ Unknown (2005)

On Wednesday night, Gray, now 68 and in his first week as Washington's mayor, thought he was just stopping by the GWU basketball game against La Salle for a brief "attaboy" from his alma mater. ❋ Steve Hendrix (2011)

It's wonderful to be acknowledged by the guys who do what you do, to get an 'attaboy' feels great, but I've never been motivated by the awards thing. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Occasionally an "attaboy" will come down from battle-line troops in forward operation bases and positions, he said, adding that in addition to ammo, some of the most widely coveted supplies are packaged Gatorade shakes. ❋ Unknown (2010)

I was actually thinking just yesterday about the term "attaboy," as a slang for a minor award or commendation for good work, and how patronizing the term "attagirl" would be. he reality is that there are two different cultural norms at play. ❋ Unknown (2010)