Mitigating potential future problems with proactive maintenance, grooming, or minimization efforts. Derived from the act of having trees trimmed or removed before they fall and cause property damage. Commonly associated with the act of shaving or trimming one's pubic hair, but applicable to any proactive, strategic act in the interest of a more positive, future outcome.

When you eat dirt for the first time and leave your family to build a shack in the woods