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Tkacka15 Posted 8 years ago
Vocabulary
The right rightwing noises
Malloch made all the right rightwing noises.
(The Guardian.)
What is the exact meaning of "right" in the sentence above? Does the context above imply that there are two sets of "rightwing noises", i.e., 'the set of unacceptable (by right-wingers) rightwing noises' and the other one of 'acceptable (by right-wingers) rightwing noises'?
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That seems like a fair interpretation.
- That seems like a fair interpretation.
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i see it as 'the set of 'acceptable (by right-wingers) right-wing noises'?
In other words, he said all the things that right-wingers are supposed to say.
(The tone of the sentence suggests that its writer does not like right-wingers.)
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