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  Right Thing
       
          That which is *compellingly* the correct or appropriate thing
          to use, do, say, etc.  Always capitalised, always emphasised
          in speech as though capitalised.  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?"
       
          Opposite: Wrong Thing.
       
          [{Jargon File]
       
          (1994-10-28)
       
       

  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.