the.com/wirecutter

means A hand tool with sharp jaws designed to snip through wire, cable, or other metal strands — and now also the name of a popular product-review site that tells you which thing to buy.

from A plain compound of "wire" and "cutter," both old workhorse English words. "Wire" traces back to Old English "wir," a thin pliable strand of metal, with cousins across the Germanic languages; "cutter" is simply one who or that which cuts, from the verb "cut," itself of uncertain medieval origin. The tool name is utterly literal — a thing that cuts wire. Its second life as a brand belongs to the review website, which borrowed the no-nonsense name to suggest a tool that cuts through clutter and confusion.