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right stuff

noun

Informal.
  1. Usually the right stuff the necessary or ideal qualities or capabilities, as courage, confidence, dependability, toughness, or daring.



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Word History and Origins

Origin of right stuff1

First recorded in 1925–30
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Anytime you have stuff to do, without just acting, like you’re doing busy work — you’re, like, here’s how you do an appendectomy — and you learn and when you’re picking up the right tools, you’re saying the right stuff, you’re making incisions — that stuff you’ve got to learn.

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“But that’s good because a guy should be wearing the right stuff.”

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He also runs a "dating" site called The Right Stuff that, as far as I can tell, barely has any female users.

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"My life started getting better and I moved towards the right stuff."

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“He just cares about the right stuff.”

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