mod
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /mɑd/
ipa: /mɒd/
rhymes: -ɒd
homophone: Maud (cot–caught merger)
Forms: form: mods
Etymology: Abbreviations.
Senses: glosses: An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
examples: text: 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]).
ref: 1964 March 31, “Rival Teen‐Age Gangs Terrorize British Sea Resort”, in The New York Times:
glosses: A 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.
glosses: Clipping of modification.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2003, David Kushner, Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture, Random House, →ISBN:
topics: video-games
coordinate_terms: add-on
DLC
expansion pack
glosses: An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2019 October 23, Kaitlyn Tiffany, “How Reddit's R/Relationships Subreddit Is Moderated”, in The Atlantic:
glosses: A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
examples: text: Mods, kill this guy with hammers.
glosses: A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
Used to express a wish of removal or, often hyperbolic, harm (as opposed to a literal request to moderators).
examples: text: I'd like to convert some of the arch^([sic]) mods back into Amiga mods since I don't have the original Amiga versions.
ref: 1992, Jordan K. Hubbard, “How to convert Amiga mods to Arch?”, in comp.sys.acorn (Usenet):
text: These mods, while usually having the distinctive bleep and beep quality of transistor-generated tones, are often astonishingly creative and rich in expressive nuances.
ref: 2003, Rene T. A. Lysloff; Leslie C. Gay, Jr., Music and Technoculture, page 38:
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: A module (file containing a tracker music sequence).
topics: climbing
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A moderately difficult route.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 1891 November, S. E. Winbolt, “The Schools at Oxford”, in The Atlantic, →ISSN:
qualifier: Oxford University
glosses: Moderations: university examinations generally taken in the first year.
topics: computing
engineering
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
programming
sciences
synonyms: %
modulus
glosses: Abbreviation of modulus.
topics: mathematics
sciences
statistics
glosses: Abbreviation of mode.
examples: text: Dems and GOPers Treat Their Mods Differently [title]
ref: 2009 April 29, Marc Ambinder, “Dems and GOPers Treat Their Mods Differently”, in The Atlantic, retrieved 25 Mar 2024:
topics: government
politics
glosses: Abbreviation of moderate.
Derived terms: conversion mod
minimod
modbot
modchip
modette
modmail
modpack
modster
power mod
supermod
total conversion mod