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rando

American  
[ran-doh] / ˈræn doʊ /

adjective

  1. random.

    We were followed by some rando creep.


noun

plural

randos
  1. random.

    online randos commenting on videos.

Etymology

Origin of rando

By shortening; see -o ( def. )

Example Sentences

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Satan is also perturbed that some rando on Insta keeps commenting about sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein’s client list.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 24, 2025

Would you interview a rando extremist who is against open-heart surgery in a story about cardiology?

From Slate • Aug. 17, 2022

Things don’t go as planned, and Kat winds up plucking a shlumpy rando from the audience to go through with the nuptials.

From Washington Post • Feb. 9, 2022

It was when I finally dropped in on that mansion party and discovered that Howard Stern was, in reality, some rando named Matthew Friend.

From The Verge • Apr. 14, 2021

She once saved a mission by disabling an Indonesian passenger train using only “some rando stuff I found in the snack bar.”

From "City Spies" by James Ponti