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mod

UK/mɒd/ US/mɑd/ uncommon informal slang uk
noun (1) adjective (1)

noun

1.

a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers

adjective

1.

relating to a recently developed fashion or style

  • “their offices are in a modern skyscraper”
  • “tables in modernistic designs”
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Origin

Probably reflecting a Jamaican pronunciation of mad.

Phrases

  • case mod
  • conversion mod
  • mod con
  • mod man
  • mod pack
  • pod mod
  • pot mod
  • power mod
  • total conversion mod

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