"tidy, sophisticated teen" (usually contrasted with rocker), 1960, slang shortening of modern.
mod (n.2)
short for modification, c. 1920, originally among aviators.
mocker
mockery
mocking
mockingbird
mock-up
mod
modal
modality
mode
model
modeling
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