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This is in the spirit of the What is a Word/Phrase™ series started by JLee with a special brand of Phrase™ and Word™ puzzles.

If a word has a certain property, I call it a Right-wing Word™.

You can use the examples below to find the property:

Right-wing Words™ Not Right-wing Words™
ARM HAND
BUMP JERK
SECT CASTE
CHILL WARMTH
ACT REAL
CRIMP CURL
SWIM DIVE
DRILL PUNCH
KILL MURDER
ASSERT HIDE
SERUM PILL
JUMP* LEAP

For those without MathJax, or if you want to pop this into a spreadsheet, here is a CSV version:

Right-wing™,Not Right-wing™
ARM,HAND
BUMP,JERK
SECT,CASTE
CHILL,WARMTH
ACT,REAL
CRIMP,CURL
SWIM,DIVE
DRILL,PUNCH
KILL,MURDER
ASSERT,HIDE
SERUM,PILL
JUMP*,LEAP

*- Only just a Right-Wing Word

P.S. my first puzzle. So, Do give your views.

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    $\begingroup$ Your keyboard is nonstandard. $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 26, 2016 at 3:53

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A Right-wing™ word is a word ...

which can be typed on the keyboard from left to right. Each character is either in the same column or to the right of the previous character.

PS: my first answer here ;-)

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    $\begingroup$ I would think CRIMP is problematic. But maybe it is just circumstantial. Especially, since JUMP is barely a Right-wing word (see OP's comment). $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 25, 2016 at 18:03
  • $\begingroup$ @Matsmath Why? C and R are in the same column, as are I and M (at least on my keyboard). $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 25, 2016 at 18:05
  • $\begingroup$ @randal'thor because J-U-M are in the same column (see layout). $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 25, 2016 at 18:07
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    $\begingroup$ @Matsmath I think the definition of a column can be hard to define. In this case the columns are probably QA, WSZ, EDX, RFC, TGV, YHB, UJN, IKM, OL, P $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 25, 2016 at 19:23
  • $\begingroup$ @IvoBeckers: On mechanical typewriters, the key levers are equally spaced in a linear row, but the levers have four different lengths to accommodate the four rows of the keypad (the shortest levers are for keys in the top row, and the longest are for keys in the bottom row), so the ordering of keys is unambiguous. I'm not sure how well known actual typewriters are, these days. $\endgroup$ Commented Sep 26, 2016 at 6:06

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