undercut

What it means

1. A cut made in the lower part of something; the material so removed.
2. The notch cut in a tree to direct its fall when being felled.
3. The underside of a sirloin of beef; the fillet.

In a sentence

Maybe it’s true that “the Left can’t meme,” if “the Left” refers to the earnest suburban revolutionary with an undercut and a nose ring who typically stalks your replies on X.

2024 June 18, Spencer Klavan, “A Matter of Taste”, in The American Mind

Where it comes from

1. Middle Englishundercutten
2. Englishundercut

From Middle English undercutten, equivalent to under- + cut.