moded

moded
 adj.— «When people try to bother you,/Don’t play their game./Just think twice before you’ve exploded./Let the other guy be the one who’s moded!» —“Teachers in S.F. Grab Rap Music As Educational Aid” by Angie Cannon San Francisco Chronicle (California) Nov. 25, 1988. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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