Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun Same as mauther.

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  • noun informal One who modifies a mass-manufactured object or software.

Etymologies

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mod +‎ -er

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Examples

  • Google has created uproar among Android developers by calling out a so-called "modder" for creating a firmware modification known as CyanogenMod that bundles some of Google's proprietary applications.

    Linux.com :: Features 2009

  • Google has created uproar among Android developers by calling out a so-called "modder" for creating a firmware modification known as CyanogenMod that bundles some of Google's proprietary applications.

    Linux.com :: Features 2009

  • Google has created uproar among Android developers by calling out a so-called "modder" for creating a firmware modification known as CyanogenMod that bundles some of Google's proprietary applications.

    Linux.com :: Features 2009

  • Google has created uproar among Android developers by calling out a so-called "modder" for creating a firmware modification known as CyanogenMod that bundles some of Google's proprietary applications.

    Linux.com :: Features 2009

  • "modder" can develop a supermode or minimode for these models k850 / c702 / c902 / w902.

    Esato discussion forum 2009

  • As with many of the case mods I've covered the modder has once again taken the time to "distress" the paint job and give it a used look.

    Boing Boing 2009

  • But if you're part of the thriving modder community, those are just baby steps.

    CES 2011: Lenovo shows how to "mod" your computer 2011

  • It looks more like a Cold War era device for the remote detonation of nuclear warheads than a game console. but modder Sam Thornley's Portable Pac-Man Mini takes one of those old Namco emulator joysticks you plug and play into any old television and melds it with a tiny 2. 5-inch LCD powered by 4 rechargeable AA batteries.

    Boing Boing 2008

  • Thought you might find it interesting since Valve has received the lion's share of the modder love.

    It is dark, you are likely to be eaten by a Zombie Ben Abraham 2008

  • A mate that I went to high school with started out as a modder and got a job with Melbourne's Red Tribe doing coding.

    Markov Chain Madness Ben Abraham 2008

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