mod
noun · verb · adjective
Simple meaning
An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
Pronunciation
Say it like this:
mawdIPA pronunciation (US)
ˈmɔd
This word is pronounced essentially the same in American and British English, so one transcription covers both.
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Definition
Everyday modern meanings first, grouped by part of speech.
noun
video games
An end user-created package containing modifications to the look or behaviour of a video game.
Internet
A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
(Internet slang, originally Twitch-speak, humorous, in the plural) Used to express a wish of removal or, often hyperbolic, harm (as opposed to a literal request to moderators).
uncountable
An unconventionally modern style of fashionable dress originating in England in the 1960s, characterized by ankle-length black trenchcoats and sunglasses.
uk
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.
A festival of Scottish Gaelic song, arts and culture, akin to the Welsh eisteddfod.
verb
transitiveinformal
To modify (an object) from its original condition, typically to individualize and/or enhance the performance of the object.
adjective
Not excessive; acting in moderation
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This meaning: (Internet) A moderator, for example on a discussion forum.
Used this way, mod is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It turns up most in technology contexts.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
Where it naturally appears
- Technology
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