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right on, int. and n. and a.
Brit. |rʌɪt ˈɒn|, U.S. |ˈraɪdˈɑn|
[‹ right adv. + on adv.]
A. int. and n. orig. U.S. (in African-American usage). Expressing enthusiastic agreement, approval, or encouragement. Also as n.: a cry of ‘right on!’.
1911Jrnl. Amer. Folklore 24 292 Railroad Bill was [a] mighty sport, Shot all [the] buttons off [the] high sheriff's coat, Den hollered, ‘Right on, desperado Bill!’ 1968B. Seale in Ramparts 20 Oct. 32/1, I said, ‘Right on.’ I was right behind him. This brother..knew what to do, when to do and how to do it. 1979Daily Tel. 3 Sept. 4/1 A correspondent remarked: ‘You don't portray any crisis feeling.’ The President replied: ‘Right on.’ 1989Car & Driver Oct. 7/3 A hearty ‘right on’ to Pat Bedard for his unvarnished, plain-spoken assessment of the so-called sudden-acceleration reports.
B. adj. Freq. in form right-on. Admirable, worthy of approval. Hence: fashionable, ‘with it’, esp. in reflecting politically an approved liberal or radical stance. Sometimes mildly derogatory.
1970Time 19 Oct. 45 In Boston, Homans is known as a ‘right-on lawyer’—he defends blacks, war protestors and poor people. 1975Peace News 11 July 11/1 It's usually the right-on projects which have most and the con merchants and piss artists often go without. 1987New Internationalist May 30/3 But you sense that it wants to reach beyond..to a wider (though specifically female) public which would surely find its politics too crudely right-on. 1992Pittsburgh Nov. 12/2 Harry Schwalb's review of Mark and Jeff Zets in the September art column was the best damn right-on art piece that I have read in years. 1995New Statesman & Society 17 Mar. 33/4 Idealistic young hardliner Father Greg..arrives in Liverpool to find his dogmatic faith confronted by feisty right-on colleague Father Matthew..who is cohabiting with his housekeeper Maria. |