Meanings
- humorousYour right-hand side. (Used to correct oneself after saying "your left", having intended "your right".)
Antonyms: your other right
- Your left-hand side. (Used to correct another person who has been directed to move (or look, etc) to "your left" but has mistakenly moved right.)
Ok maggots, when I tell you, you will face to the left. Do It! Your other left you silly shit! When I say go you will start off with your left foot and continue to march. Ready go!
2000 July 21, Frank Hernandez, Marine Mystique, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 181 more example
"Your left, your left, your left, right, left. Your other left, knuckle-head." Anyone who has been through boot camp is likely to remember this sarcastic remark from a drill sergeant correcting a trainee who is out of step. "Your other left, knucklehead." (Admittedly, knucklehead is a euphemism.)
2008 June 16, Marv Adamo, The Mystery of His Will: A Study of God's Eternal Plan, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBNAntonyms: your other right
Synonyms & antonyms
nounYour right-hand side. (Used to correct oneself after saying "your left", having intended "your right".)
nounYour left-hand side. (Used to correct another person who has been directed to move (or look, etc) to "your left" but has mistakenly moved right.)
Cite this entry
your other left. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/your%20other%20left
“your other left.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/your%20other%20left. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “your other left,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/your%20other%20left.
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