deep cut
noun
plural deep cuts
1
music
: a song that is considerably less popular and well-known than other songs on the same album or by the same artist
From there, the band careened through highlights and the occasional deep cut from its catalog …—
Mikael Wood
Mikael WoodBut the rocker saw an opportunity to turn casual fans on to his deep cuts—so each disc intersperses hits with lesser-known album tracks in non-chronological order.—David Browne
David Browne2
: something (such as an obscure reference to a book or movie) that is recognizable to devotees but not usually to others
One of the fun things about being a Marvel fan is the franchise's ability to constantly surprise its audience with comic book deep cuts, surprising castings, and twists that no one sees coming.—Alexis Nedd
Alexis Nedd
deep-cut
adjective
a deep-cut reference/joke
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There’s a risk that with deep cuts to Social Security’s staffing in the works, delays in manual updates (and hence overpayments) could become more common.
—Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Its workforce is being slashed in half, and there have been deep cuts to the Office for Civil Rights and the Institute of Education Sciences, which gathers data on the nation’s academic progress.
—Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
But Reilly, Whitman and McCarthy all expressed concern that the Trump administration's deep cuts to EPA staff and efforts to sideline scientists will have a more profound effect undermining the agency's ability to develop and enforce rules.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
As the Associated Press and others have reported, the agency’s already stretched workforce of 13,000 people is facing a deep cut of more than 1,000 of those employees mandated by the Trump Administration—a move that follows an earlier purge of about 1,300 in late February.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
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Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
Its workforce is being slashed in half, and there have been deep cuts to the Office for Civil Rights and the Institute of Education Sciences, which gathers data on the nation’s academic progress.
—Chris Megerian, Chicago Tribune, 20 Mar. 2025
But Reilly, Whitman and McCarthy all expressed concern that the Trump administration's deep cuts to EPA staff and efforts to sideline scientists will have a more profound effect undermining the agency's ability to develop and enforce rules.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 14 Mar. 2025
As the Associated Press and others have reported, the agency’s already stretched workforce of 13,000 people is facing a deep cut of more than 1,000 of those employees mandated by the Trump Administration—a move that follows an earlier purge of about 1,300 in late February.
—Jeffrey Kluger, TIME, 13 Mar. 2025
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“Deep cut.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/deep%20cut. Accessed 25 Mar. 2025.
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