Citations:rando

English citations of rando

Adjective

• 2006, Carrie Karasyov and Jill Kargman, Wolves in Chic Clothing, A Novel, Broadway Books, page 71:

  “Yeah, I guess they have to be in some rando profession so they can take a leave of absence in order to move to Malibu, back stab each other, and find the man of their dreams.”

• 2012 March, Cara Lynn Shultz, Spellcaster, Harlequin, page 101:

  “I thought you were being serious about some rando ex-girlfriend of Brendan’s.”

• 2013 May, Michelle Witte, The Faker’s Guide to the Classics, Everything You Need to Know About the Books You Should Have Read (But Didn’t), Globe Pequot, page 199:

  So some rando voyeur she just met climbs into her bedroom? How romantic.

• 2013 August, Teddy Steinkellner, Trash Can Days, A Middle School Saga, Disney Electronic Content, unpaged:

  Brian Fenton (he of the hideous acne) just started dating this rando sevvy girl Chloe something.

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• 2010 June, Katy Franklin, Hi, How Are You?, One Girl’s Experience Serving Seafood, Soda and Her Soul in a Corporate Shrimp Shack, iUniverse, page 128:

  “Who are these randos we find?” Kristen squealed.

• 2012 January, Babe Walker, White Girl Problems, Hachette Books, unpaged:

  I was crushing so hard on this rando!

• 2012 September, Linda Erin Keenan, Suburgatory, Twisted Tales from Darkest Suburbia, Life Trapped among the Manicured Moms, Barely There Dads, and Nightmare Neighbors, Rowman & Littlefield, unpaged:

  “His Facebook page says he’s a Pakistani marnier […] ” said Tanner, disturbed that Diehl would be wasting her time with what she called “some rando across the world.”

• 2013 October, Tracy Moore, Oops!, How to Rock the Mother of All Surprises, A Positive Guide to Your Unexpected Pregnancy, F+W Media, page 56:

  If we’re talking about nosy friends, that’s one thing. If it’s some rando working the mailroom who you don't even talk to, it’s a bit disconcerting.

• 2013 December, Christie Schroeder, How to Really Win or Lose a Guy in Ten Days, Coventry House Publishing, page 15:

  “Hell, I ran through dumpsters to escape some rando to see you.”

• 2014 February, David Beers, The Devil’s Dream, Book One, Google eBook, chapter 23:

  Go pull some rando off the street and hook her up to the tubes and machines?

• 2014 February, Chelsea Fagan, The Best of Chelsea Fagan, Thought Catalog, chapter 7:

  I feel like every man who has ever tried to convince me to take some rando shouting “Hey girl, nice ass” at me as a compliment sees it this way:

• 2014 July, L.A. Rose, Adrian Lessons, Google eBook, unpaged:

  “Somehow I don't think sex with some rando is going to magically bring back my mojo.”

• 2014 August, Amber Portwood and Beth Roeser, Never Too Late, Post Hill Press, unpaged:

  I don’t know how many times I saw messages on his account from girls, risqué pictures from all these randos, and him writing back saying, “Ooh, sexy” and things like that.

• 2015 February, Seth Greenland, I Regret Everything, A Love Story, Penguin, unpaged:

  ―Some rando was creeping on me, Yoshi said.

• 2015 March, Claire Kells, Girl Underwater, Penguin, unpaged:

  “Why are you so angry? Shea isn’t some rando off the street.”

• 2015 March, Tommy Wallach, We All Looked Up, Simon and Schuster, page 34:

  Andy had always figured the rumors about Eliza’s promiscuity were mostly made up, but then what was she doing going off with some rando from the Crocodile on a weeknight?

• 2015 Sante, Luc, "Not One of Us", The New York Times (May 24, 2015), New York Times Company, page MM11:

  I have a name, fingerprints, a fine white scar from the time I put my fist through a window, various pieces of identification and a briefly diverting life story, but to those who see me on the street, especially after dark, I am probably a “rando.” I may be a rando when I cross your field of vision, but I am definitely a rando when my physical presence intrudes upon yours without introduction, perhaps when I mistake your hotel room for the one where the bash is being held or when I walk into the elevator just as you are venting to your colleague. If I should try to strike up a conversation, I will be consigned to the flames as “some rando.”