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Modus operandi (often used in the abbreviated forms M.O. or simply Method) is a Latin phrase, approximately translated as "method of operating" The term is used in English to describe someone's habits or manner of working, the method of operating or functioning. It is often used in a criminal sense, to profile the methods employed by individuals during the execution of a crime, and may also be used in offender profiling,2 where it can also be used to find clues to the perpetrator's psychology.3 It largely consists of the methods used to execute the crime, prevent detection, and facilitate escape.
by HRVAT1975 July 13, 2009
Sep 14 Word of the Day
Micro marriging is when your partner manages your personal day-to-day tasks with you much like a Micro Manager at work.
Wife: “Have you put the sheets out to dry and put the towels on?”
Husband: “Yes. You know I am a grown adult also used to live alone so you do not need to micro marrige me”
Husband: “Yes. You know I am a grown adult also used to live alone so you do not need to micro marrige me”
by Thomas Maddocks March 16, 2018
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"If y'all'd leave me alone this wouldn't be my M.O." -Eminem
Every day I gotta pimp da ho, yo, cuz that's my M.O.
Every day I gotta pimp da ho, yo, cuz that's my M.O.
by Nick D September 29, 2003
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Short for homo. Mainly used by the gay community when referring to each other. Rarely used as a homophobic insult.
by sack jaffery July 07, 2009
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Not an urban term at all, but a legal one. Short for Modus Operandi (method of operation). One's either habitual or premeditated way of doing things.
His m-o was always smash-and-grab
by Entymol August 13, 2006