To artfully avoid answering personal questions by slightly changing the topic, or by replying with a related question, in such a way that the person who asked the initial question is unaware of what has just happened. This style was first made (in)famous as the signature move of oneDr. Randall, following its identification and labeling by a brilliant and eloquent coworker, circa 2008. It then spread across the Western United States in the coming decade. Legend has it that said coworker, despite having developed a great friendship with the elusive Dr. Randall, has nevertheless never been invited into his home.
During the interrogation, he was randalling himself out of the question of where we has on the night of the murder. The cop ended up admitting to the crime himself!
The act of being very awkward to the point where others consistently feel uneasy or uncomfortable around you.
People who regularly "Randall" can be called Randalls or simply rands
This is derived from the child out of the cartoon "recess"
Randalls typically place themselves in awkward situations such as sitting with people they don't really know, staring at others and refusing to look away once caught etc.
Ew that kid is such a Randall
Hey Randall
Every time I see him, the guys Randalling
Fogey/fogy /fougi/ sl. (early 18C+, orig. Scot) old-fashioned, stuck-in-the mud.
Person with old fashioned ideas which he is unwilling to change: Come to the disco and stop being such an old fogey!
You think me an old fogeyand an old tory, his thoughtful voice said. I saw three generations since O’Connel’s time. I remember the famine. Do you know that the orange lodges agitated for repeal of the union twenty years before O’Connel did or before the prelates of your communion denounced him as a demagogue? You fenians forget some things. (James Joyce, Ulysses. Penguin Books,1992. p. 38)