attaboy
exclamation/ˈætəbɔɪ/
/ˈætəbɔɪ/
(especially North American English, informal)- used when you want to encourage somebody or show how much you admire them, especially a boy or man see also attagirlWord Originearly 20th cent.: probably representing a casual pronunciation of that's the boy.
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