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random encounter en · NOUN
Meanings
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(qualifier:roleplaying games) A battle that starts at an unpredictable time, against random enemies.
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(broadly) The event of seeing someone appearing without warning.
[Scott is dreaming. Ramona appears in the dream without warning.]
Ramona: I think this is the lamest dream I've ever found you in.
Forest elf: Look out! Random encounter!!!
2007, “Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together”, in Scott Pilgrim, volume 4:
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