mod

plural mods

1. uncountableAn unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
2. UKcountableuncountableA 1960s British person who dressed in such a style and was interested in modernism and the modern music of the time; the opposite of a rocker.

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   It was “Mods” against “Rockers” and the police against both as this quiet seaside town of 28,000 exploded with teen‐age violence during the Easter weekend. […] The “Mods” or “Moderns” wear sharply cut Italian‐style suits and long, pointed “winklepicker” shoes. They ride motor scooters fitted with scores of gleaming accesories^([sic]).

   1964 March 31, “Rival Teen‐Age Gangs Terrorize British Sea Resort”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2024

3. abbreviationclippingcountableinformaluncountableClipping of modification.
4. countableuncountablevideo gamesAn end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.

   Since Doom II, thousands of gamers had begun modifying id's products and making them available for free online. Doom fans would communicate entirely over the Internet to create mods of the game—often never even meeting in person or, for that matter, talking on the phone.

   2003, David Kushner, Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture, Random House, →ISBN

5. InternetcountableuncountableA moderator, for example on a discussion forum.

   The mods had a difficult time deciding whether to believe a story about a man who was attracted to his girlfriend only when she was grieving her dead sister, but it stayed up.

   2019 October 23, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “How Reddit's R/Relationships Subreddit Is Moderated”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 24 Oct 2019

   1. Internetcountablehumorousin pluraluncountableUsed to express a wish of removal or, often hyperbolic, harm (as opposed to a literal request to moderators).

      Mods, kill this guy with hammers.

6. countableinformaluncountablecomputingA module (file containing a tracker music sequence).

   I'd like to convert some of the arch^([sic]) mods back into Amiga mods since I don't have the original Amiga versions.

   1992, Jordan K. Hubbard, “How to convert Amiga mods to Arch?”, in comp.sys.acorn (Usenet)

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   These mods, while usually having the distinctive bleep and beep quality of transistor-generated tones, are often astonishingly creative and rich in expressive nuances.

   2003, Rene T. A. Lysloff; Leslie C. Gay, Jr., Music and Technoculture, page 38

7. countableuncountableclimbingA moderately difficult route.
8. countablein pluralinformaluncountableOxford UniversityModerations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.

   It will thus be seen that, however well a boy may have been trained at school, his time may be amply occupied in preparing for Mods. during his first year and a half of residence at Oxford.

   1891 November, S. E. Winbolt, “The Schools at Oxford”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN, archived from the original on 02 Oct 2022

9. abbreviationcountableuncountablecomputingAbbreviation of modulus.

   Synonyms: %, modulus

10. abbreviationcountableuncountablemathematicsAbbreviation of mode.
11. abbreviationcountableuncountablegovernmentAbbreviation of moderate.

    Dems and GOPers Treat Their Mods Differently [title]

    2009 April 29, Marc Ambinder, “Dems and GOPers Treat Their Mods Differently”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 10 May 2021, retrieved 25 Mar 2024

present singular third person mods · participle present modding · participle past modded · past modded

1. informaltransitiveTo modify (an object) from its original condition, typically to individualize and/or enhance the performance of the object.

   His friends were particularly impressed with the way he modded his Ruckus.

   Synonyms: trick, trick out

2. video gamesTo install or create a mod.

   Learning Java is what got me into modding Minecraft.

3. InternetinformaltransitiveTo moderate; to silence or punish (a rule-breaking user) on a forum, especially when done by a moderator.

   I used to mod that forum.

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   Don't break the rules or you'll be modded.

1. abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of moderate.

plural mods

1. A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod.

comparative modder · superlative moddest

1. slangCrazy, insane.

   Have you listened to Kendrick's new album? It's absolutely mod!

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   now mans have to beat uruguay to advance, dec 2nd gonna be the moddest day revenge for 2010

   2022 November 28, @187Caution, Twitter, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2024

   What he did was actually mod. Man fuck cancer for real

   2023 March 10, “original trapstar, caught a leg shot and still took it OT til death”, in Reddit, r/Torontology, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2024

   Ngl this one of the moddest tweets 😭😭

   2024 March 27, “Whyg with a tweet about Zombie (Lane)”, in Reddit, r/Torontology, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2024

   Why would Drake orchestrate a shooting and blame it on someone not in this country? Are you mod?? Y'all obsessive discoursing has you paranoid.

   2024 May 7, @leavem3al0ne90, Twitter, archived from the original on 07 Jun 2024

   Synonyms: 5150, bananas, barking, barking mad, fey, buggish, buggy, bughouse

1. UKabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Ministry of Defence.

plural MODs

1. abbreviationbroadlycountableinitialismuncountablegovernmentInitialism of ministry of defense (not retricted to the British War Ministry).
2. abbreviationcountableinitialismuncountabledivingInitialism of maximum operating depth.
3. InternetabbreviationcountableinitialismuncountableInitialism of method of delivery.

   Item: TWICELAND Fantasy Park Photobook (Sealed) / Price: 800 pesos only / DOP: PAYO / MOD: SCO or GGX / MOP: BPI or Gcash

   2023 February 28, Teudoongie Shop (@TeudoongieShop), Twitter

1. abbreviationinitialismnot comparabledentistryInitialism of mesio-occlusal-distal.

1. UKabbreviationinitialismgovernmentInitialism of Ministry of Defence.

   The MoD said the injured men received immediate medical attention and were evacuated by air to the military hospital at Camp Bastion, but three could not be saved. Next of kin have been informed. The other soldiers hurt are not thought to have life-threatening injures.

   2013 May 1, Nicholas Watt, Nick Hopkins, “Afghanistan bomb: UK to 'look carefully' at use of vehicles”, in The Guardian

plural MoDs

1. abbreviationbroadlygovernmentAbbreviation of ministry of defence (not restricted to the British Ministry of War).