DIY
English
Etymology
Initialism of do it yourself.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˌdiaɪˈwaɪ/
Noun
DIY (uncountable)
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Verb
DIY (third-person singular simple present DIYs, present participle DIYing or DIY-ing, simple past and past participle DIYed)
- To perform oneself a task usually relegated to an expert.
- 2007 [publication date], Maggie Bullock, "Home Improvement", Elle, January 2008 ed., page 108,
- Huber was a physicist. Even top Estée Lauder chemists who took over for Huber in 1995 found that... any attempt to cheat on his original formula produced disappointing results, which demands the question: If they couldn't DIY, can you?
- 2007 [publication date], Maggie Bullock, "Home Improvement", Elle, January 2008 ed., page 108,
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Adjective
DIY (comparative more DIY, superlative most DIY)
- do-it-yourself
- 2016, Michael Croland, Oy Oy Oy Gevalt! Jews and Punk: Jews and Punk
- That is more DIY, more punk, anyway.
- 2016, Michael Croland, Oy Oy Oy Gevalt! Jews and Punk: Jews and Punk
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