Definition of random

random

adjective

unexpected and surprising.
All of the sudden this guy jumped out from behind the bushes, it was so random!
The street cleaner never comes down our street. How random.
- See more words with the same meaning: surprised, surprising.
Last edited on Sep 19 2013. Submitted by Leah A. from Ohio University, USA on Feb 15 1999.
unexpectedly great.
The party was totally random.
- See more words with the same meaning: good, okay, cool, awesome, fun.
- See more words with the same meaning: surprised, surprising.
Last edited on Feb 27 2005. Submitted by Dale on Feb 27 2005.

noun

any person whom the speaker doesn't know well.
I have a random for a lab assistant.
- See more words with the same meaning: a stranger.
Last edited on May 06 1998. Submitted by Mountain Man from Central, AL, USA on May 06 1998.
a person who appears in a social context, but who no one knows. Used, for example, to refer to people that a friend has brought home from a social event, such as a party or club night.
She brought this total random back to her room last night.
Speaker: Who was that guy you were talking to at the bar?

Response: No idea. It was just some random that sat down next to me.
- See more words with the same meaning: a stranger.
Last edited on Feb 15 1999. Submitted by Leah A. from Ohio University, USA on Feb 15 1999.
a person who attends some social activity (e.g. party) but doesn't know the people hosting the activity, and wasn't invited.
The party wasn't so bad - only a few randoms showed up.
- See more words with the same meaning: a stranger.
Last edited on Jul 19 2007. Submitted by Anonymous on Jul 19 2007.

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fletch	Definitions include: amazing; "fresh"; "cool".
vicious	Definitions include: Awesome, cool, wicked sweet.
rock	Definitions include: to be great, exciting, or fun.
lit	Definitions include: under the influence of marijuana; "high".
shway	Definitions include: cool.
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five by five	Definitions include: fine, good, okay.
wicked	Definitions include: very; really; extremely.
bomb diggity	Definitions include: something good, large, or any other thing in that manner.
shiznot	Definitions include: censored variant of "shit".
amped	Definitions include: "cool"; "awesome"; "sweet".
gold	Definitions include: something great.
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righteous	Definitions include: exclamation of positive sentiment (excitement, pleasure, etc.)
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trip	Definitions include: to take LSD.
straight up	Definitions include: truthfully.
gobsmacked	Definitions include: very surprised.
shocker	Definitions include: a sexual "move" performed by putting two fingers in the vagina and one in the anus.
*some sht**	Definitions include: something impressive, whether good or bad.
spring on	Definitions include: to unpleasantly surprise one with a fact.
stunner	Definitions include: an attractive person.
blower	Definitions include: a person or object that erred.
sticker shock	Definitions include: shock experienced upon seeing the selling price of an item.

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Other terms relating to 'random':
rando	Definitions include: Someone so unknown to you, that you cannot figure out why he or she is involved in the same social activity as you, but it's great to have them.