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Change dressed up to look like it was the plan all along.
means A change made to something that already exists, usually to adjust or improve it without starting over.
from From Latin modificare, 'to measure, limit, or regulate' — built from modus, 'measure, manner' (the same root behind 'mode' and 'moderate'), plus facere, 'to make.' So at its root, modification just means 'making to a measure' — shaping something to fit, rather than building it fresh.
- legal cousin
- contracts get modified, not broken, lawyers insist
- car culture
- mods can double a car's value or kill it
- software term
- modding games birthed entire genres, see dota
- genetics shorthand
- gmo literally stands for this word