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RAN is the abbreviation of the Royal Australian Navy, the senior service of the Australian Defence Force. Australian Sailors are known for having exceptional training and experience due to the fact the majority of Australian ships are minimum-manned, meaning Australian sailors have to compensate for the duties, of say, four or five sailors of a larger navy i.e. USN, RN, etc.

The RAN has served alongside major allies such as U.S, Britain, New Zealand, etc since it's inception around Australia's federation, alongside the Australian land forces, known as the Australian Regular Army.
Ash: That sailor sounds Australian

Polly: Well he'd be in the RAN
RAN by LukeAussie October 29, 2008
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Stands for Random Asshole Nexus. This is the place where a critical number of people have agglomerated in one tight space such that the pressure to be an asshole becomes overwhelming for members of the crowd and therefore any non-asshole individual in the mix can reasonably anticipate being forced to interact with at least one random asshole – or get caught in the RAN - despite their best intentions otherwise.
I had no idea I would be forced to interface with the RAN until I saw the show was 'concert seating.'
RAN by woodsytheowl March 4, 2011
The Little Commie Bot, has an uber-powered buster and dies a lot. Has a machine called the "Ran Generator" which generates a new Ran every time he dies. Stars in many Megaman sprite comics such as the Primer Chronicles, Bob and George and Plague's Misadventures. Is the masterpiece of Kalinka/Calinca Cossack, daughter of Dr. Cossack.
1) *Ran Dies*
2) My GameShark died even faster than Ran!
3) Booyaka Ran!
ran by FireAarro June 3, 2003
A person typically male that possesses a massive shlong
Person 1: hey man are you a ran

Person 2: yes, my cock is massive
Ran by ChildPredator2.0 May 5, 2020
losing horribly in any sport particularly basketball
"y'all just got back from hoopin?"

"yeah man, we got ran!"
ran by knowledge dread February 18, 2010
1. To take (the property of another gangsta) witout rite or dey permishin'.
Yo holmes ran my throwback and fitted fo shizzle i want that back
ran by Chris Welsh January 9, 2004