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:
“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.”