mod.
mod. is the alternative form of mod.
mod. is the abbreviation of modern.
Meaning of mod
Noun
mod (countable and uncountable, plural mods)
- An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
- 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.
- 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...1964 March 31, “Rival Teen‐Age Gangs Terrorize British Sea Resort”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Mar 2024
- An 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
- A 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
- Used to express a wish of removal or, often hyperbolic, harm (as opposed to a literal request to moderators).
- Mods, kill this guy with hammers.
- A 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)
Meaning of modern
Adjective
modern (comparative moderner or more modern, superlative modernest or most modern or modernmost)
- Pertaining to a current or recent time and style; not ancient.
- Our online interactive game is a modern approach to teaching about gum disease. Although it was built in the 1600s, the building still has a very modern look.
- Synonyms:
- contemporary
- Pertaining to the modern period (c.1800 to contemporary times), particularly in academic historiography.
Questions about mod.
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- Mod. is the alternative form of mod.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: mod. (page history and authors); mod (page history and authors); modern (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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