April 2020
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English

MO/modus operandi n. M-O 1. Mode of operating. 2. The way in which a person or business works.
BS Definition: Almost always used as a way to explain a negative event or behavior (for example, “He led her to believe that she was doing great. Then he fired her without cause. But that’s his MO”).
Origin: Coming from the Latin words for “mode of operating,” this BS term traces its origin back to the 1600s. The OED notes its first written use in 1654 from Ζωοτομ́iα, or, Observations on the Present Manners of the English, by Richard Whitlock: “Because their Causes, or their modus operandi (which is but the Application of the Cause to the Effect) ...