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rando

adj
/ˈɹændoʊ/US/ˈɹændəʊ/UK

Etymology

From random + -o (“(colloquial); person with characteristic”); compare sicko, weirdo. From early 2000s.

  1. derived from randonnée

Definitions

  1. Random

    Random; arbitrary.

  2. An arbitrary person with whom one has no shared social connection.

    • I accidentally took some rando's luggage from the airport carousel.
    • The very idea that a bunch of randos on the internet could create a better encyclopedia than a team of professionals was mildly ludicrous, and yet the project went on, […].
    • You don't have to go finding randos to battle!

  3. Anything selected at random.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Pertaining to randonnée or uphill skiing.

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