Tony says when he was growing up in Orange County, California, he and his friends would use the exclamation Moded! meaning “In your face!” or “Busted!” This expression and variations of it such as Molded! and Moted! were said to someone who is...
It’s California in the 1980s, and—uh-oh!—you’re outsmarted or caught doing something stupid and someone else says, “Ooooooooooo, moded!” This Schadenfreudian slip of an expression was sometimes accompanied by a chin-stroking...
moded adj. tricked, trumped, or beaten (at a contest of wills or skill). Also moated. Editorial Note: This term appears to have originated in, and is especially common in, California. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)