right on1
/ˌrʌɪt ˈɒn/ informal Used as an expression of strong support, approval, or encouragement. See also right-on.
See parent entry: right
right-on2
/rʌɪtˈɒn
/adjective informal, often derogatory
In keeping with fashionable liberal or left-wing opinions and values: the right-on music press...
- Cuba's revolution saw in the decade of left-wing youth and right-on liberation.
- Much more pertinently, as far as the bigger picture is concerned,, it was at that time she won the adoration of the right-on liberals and a legion of lesbians by outing herself and posing publicly with her then girlfriend.
- McEwan used to be as miserable and as macabre as he was right-on and left-wing.