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minimod

noun

Etymology

From mini- + mod.

  1. borrowed from mòd
  2. formed as minimod — “mini- + mod”

Definitions

  1. A moderator having only limited permissions.

  2. A back-seat moderator.

    • I think the difference between a minimod and a helpful community member is all in the tone each one uses, as well as what SSM said above with staff being online or not.

  3. To act as a minimod (“back-seat moderator”).

    • Gonna be using this thread as a reference for people from now on I reckon some quality takes on Minimodding and what is defined as "acceptable" by the community.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for minimod. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA