DIY
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: /ˌdiaɪˈwaɪ/
Origin
Initialism of do it yourself
Full definition of DIY
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- do it yourself
- 1990, David Cohen, Being a Man, According to market research, many men list DIY as one of their main hobbies.
Verb
- To perform oneself a task usually relegated to an expert.
- 2007 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?