The word 'mod' is correct and usable in written English.
It is a commonly used abbreviation for "modification" or "modernization." It can be used as a noun or a verb. Example 1: I just finished modding my car with a new exhaust system. (verb - modifying) Example 2: The latest mod for this video game adds new levels and characters. (noun - modification) Example 3: The city is undergoing a major mod to its transportation system. (noun - modernization).
Pop culture, lest we forget, initially grew out of the postwar affluence that allowed working-class teenagers to express themselves though choice – the music they listened to, the clothes they wore, the styles and movements they spawned, whether mod, rocker or hippy – but it was also propelled by the progressive changes to educational access that began with the Education Act of 1944.
Back at home meanwhile they had just got planning permission to turn the garage beside their humble two-up-two down semi in Finglas into a games room for the kids which would be equipped with the latest plasma 36" TV screens, full-size pool table, sofa beds for sleepovers, fridges, microwaves and all the other mod cons to keep their offspring happy and out of mum and dad's hair.
His statement of principle in the Guardian defined a new morality at the front of the peloton while sideburns and mod fashion enjoyed a summer renaissance as Wiggins crossed over from athlete to icon.
Likewise, many of the seismic British pop-cultural moments – from 60s pop and rock through mod, punk, 2-Tone and acid house.
The Beano publisher DC Thomson has collaborated in an official "mod" for the popular game, replacing default characters and items with Dennis and Gnasher, as well as catapults, rotten tomatoes, stink bombs and Dennis' nemesis Walter.
The new Minecraft mod is the latest element in DC Thomson's strategy to reimagine The Beano – which sold two million print magazines a week at its peak – as a digital brand.
Ministers do not seem to mind cuts in the number of armed forces personnel (or civilian MoD employees) while apparently insisting that Britain's forces must be prepared to fight in any possible future conflict.
The mod is initially being released for the PC version of Minecraft, and was created by Canadian games developer Frima Studios, working with The Beano, which says it may bring other characters to Minecraft if the mod proves popular.
So far, that has included a TV show, a photo-sharing app and the launch of a YouTube channel that, besides hosting the demo video of the Minecraft mod, also features live-action pranks and animation.
The mod will be promoted through a review by Minecraft-focused YouTube channel ChooChoosGaming, which has more than 240,000 subscribers: Mods have become a key ingredient in Minecraft's popularity, with players able to download – or create for themselves – mods to add new characters, scenery and items to the game.
Her government's tacit support for Saddam Hussein's war against Iran led to successive Gulf wars and John Major's studied neutrality in Bosnia – which later pushed Tony Blair in the opposite direction, towards costly interventionism that overstretched MoD resources.
