DIY

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Initialism 1.3 Verb 1.3.1 Derived terms 1.4 Anagrams

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[edit] Etymology

Initialism: do it yourself.

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DIY

1. Do It Yourself
   • 1990, David Cohen, Being a Man^[1]:

     According to market research, many men list DIY as one of their main hobbies.

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to DIY (third-person singular simple present DIYs, present participle DIYing or DIY-ing, simple past and past participle DIYed)

1. 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?

[edit] Derived terms

• DIYer

[edit] Anagrams

• Anagrams of diy
• yid