Right Thing: N. That Which Is *compellingly* The Correct Or Appropriate Thing To Use, Do, Say, Etc.

Right Thing: N. That Which Is compellingly The Correct Or Appropriate Thing To Use, Do, Say, Etc.

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:Right Thing: n. That which is *compellingly* the correct or
appropriate thing to use, do, say, etc. Often capitalized, always
emphasized in speech as though capitalized. Use of this term often
implies that in fact reasonable people may disagree. "What's the
right thing for LISP to do when it sees `(mod a 0)'? Should
it return `a', or give a divide-by-0 error?" Oppose
{Wrong Thing}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary

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Right Thing n. That which is compellingly the correct or appropriate thing to use, do, say, etc.
Often capitalized, always emphasized in speech as though capitalized....
Wrong Thing: n. A design, action, or decision that is clearly incorrect or inappropriate.
Often capitalized; always emphasized in speech as if capitalized....
Wrong Thing n. A design, action, or decision that is clearly incorrect or inappropriate.
Often capitalized; always emphasized in speech as if capitalized....
Bad Thing: [from the 1930 Sellar & Yeatman parody "1066 And All That"] n.
Something that can't possibly result in improvement of the subject....
Good Thing: n.,adj. Often capitalized; always pronounced as if capitalized.
1. Self-evidently wonderful to anyone in a position to notice...
Good Thing n.,adj. [very common; often capitalized
always pronounced as if capitalized.] 1. Self-evidently wonderful to anyone in a position to notice...
There is no right way to do a wrong thing.
Bad Thing n. [very common; from the 1930 Sellar &
Yeatman parody "1066 And All That"] Something that can't possibly result in improvement of the subject....
Most often the correct thing to say to most people is nothing.