Random Number God
- noun
- Slang
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Dios de los Números Aleatorios
- After a streak of bad luck in the game, he jokingly blamed the Random Number God.
Examples
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Every time you roll the dice, you invoke the Random Number God for a favorable outcome.
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Online gamers often refer to the Random Number God when unpredictable things happen during play.
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I believe in the Random Number God when I play poker.
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The Random Number God smiled upon me today!
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Gamblers often joke that the Random Number God decides the outcome of each spin on the slot machine.
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When things went wrong in the game, he said it was just the influence of the Random Number God at play.
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Players frequently blame the Random Number God for unexpected results in their games.
Synonyms
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3.1
Good or bad luck that happens by chance
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4.3
A device or program that produces numbers that do not follow a pattern
A person or thing that often makes choices people cannot predict
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase combines productive, transparent parts: 'random number' (a common collocation referring to unpredictable outcomes) plus 'god' used metaphorically to mean a controlling or highly admired force. A B1 learner who knows the constituents can readily infer a humorous/personified entity that controls randomness, so the meaning is directly derivable from the parts.
Etymology
Random Number God comes from players joking that a tiny god chooses the random number when they roll dice or open a game box. So the picture of blaming or thanking that tiny god explains why the phrase means a funny way to talk about 'luck'.