right-on

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right-on

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UK, derogatory, often Possessing political and social views that are considered to be fashionable and left-wing. "They [women who cohabitate] do not support the girls they live with and yet the girls do all the things a wife does for her husband, the cooking, the laundry, the housework, and sometimes she even supports him while he finishes school!" (To which one right-on middle-aged woman in the audience respo
Similar: politically correct, PC, woke

Opposite: politically incorrect

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Opposite: politically incorrect

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@misc{right_on_2026,
  title = {right-on},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/right-on},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}