DIY

English

Etymology

Initialism of do it yourself.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdiaɪˈwaɪ/

Noun

DIY (uncountable)

(initialism) Do it yourself.
- 1990, David Cohen, Being a Man‎:
  According to market research, many men list DIY as one of their main hobbies.

Translations

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: TSI (rare; "tee se itse" is more common)
French: bricolage (fr) m

German: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: Hazlo tú mismo

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?

Derived terms

DIYer

Translations

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: tehdä (jotain) itse
French: bricoler (fr)

German: please add this translation if you can
Japanese: please add this translation if you can
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: Hazlo tú mismo

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.

Anagrams

Yid, yid

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