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mod
noun- a member of the 1960s youth cult that is characterised by its detailed dress sense and use of motor-scooters UK, 1960
Abbreviated from “modernist”. Wittily defined in the 6th edition of The Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English, 1967, as “a teenager unable to afford a motorcycle, and doing his damnedest with a scooter” and pedantically riposted by David Holloway, who writes in his review of the dictionary: “‘Mods’ ride scooters because the machines protect their clothes[.]” “Mod” survives in C21 as a convenient music genre, and as small living-history groups who dress up in period costumes, ride scooters and dance to music marketed as “Mod”. - Mods smashing Rockers over the heads with deckchairs. — Martin King and Martin Knight, The Naughty Nineties, p. 223, 1999
- The Mod goes to tailors, drives them absolutely mad. He makes so many demands[.] — Paolo Hewitt, The In Crowd, 2001
- in computing, a modification US
- — Eric S. Raymond, The New Hacker’s Dictionary, p. 245, 1991
- Meanwhile, as mods helped drive ongoing sales of “Doom,” id developers were noticing how good those mods could be. — Wagner James Au, Salon.com, 16 April 2002
- a percent sign (%) on a computer keyboard US
- — Eric S. Raymond, The New Hacker’s Dictionary, p. 39, 1991
- a modification of a video game US, 2002
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