mod

mod
n
British
a member of a 1960s youth cult char-acterised by an obsessive interest in fashionable clothing, in the riding of motor-scooters and in listening and dancing to soul and ska music. The first mods, who began to gain prominence in 1962, referred to themselves as mod-ernists, whence the more lasting epi-thet. The intention behind the word at this time was to distinguish these style-conscious, mainly working-class young people from the parochial or traditional appearance and attitudes then preva-lent in Britain.
► 'When we found out that mods were just as conformist and reactionary as anyone else, we moved on from that phase too.' (Pete Townshend, Rave magazine, Feb-ruary 1966)

Contemporary slang . 2014.

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