DIY

Initialism of do it yourself.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌdi.aɪˈwaɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ

DIY (usually uncountable, plural DIYs)

1. Initialism of do it yourself.
   • 1990, David Cohen, Being a Man‎:

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

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?

   • 2022 March 21, Bill Chappell, “SWIFT, hedgehog, MiG: Here's a guide to the terms of war in Ukraine”, in SPECIAL SERIES: Ukraine invasion — explained‎, NPR, retrieved 2022-03-21:

     Ukrainian civilians have been DIY-ing hedgehogs, welding two bars or beams at an angle to make a cross and then adding a third to ensure it holds its shape even if it's knocked over.

• DIYer

DIY (comparative more DIY, superlative most DIY)

1. Do-it-yourself.

   Do you know where I could find a DIY pipe repair kit?

   • 2008, Sami Finne, Hanna Sivonen, chapter 4, in The Retail Value Chain: How to Gain Competitive Advantage through Efficient Consumer Response (ECR) Strategies, page 154:

     The product knowledge of salespeople is very high, which enables them to serve the demanding customer groups such as professional painters and builders, in addition to the usual DIY consumers.

   • 2016, Michael Croland, Oy Oy Oy Gevalt! Jews and Punk: Jews and Punk‎:

     That is more DIY, more punk, anyway.

   • 2021 April 19, “Thai monk who beheaded himself with guillotine to reach nirvana may have been misguided: Buddhist authority”, in Coconuts Bangkok‎, Bangkok: Coconuts, retrieved 2021-04-20:

     A temple abbot who used a DIY guillotine to behead himself in hope of attaining enlightenment might have misinterpreted some things along the way, Thailand’s religious authorities said yesterday.

• Yid, yid

From English DIY.

DIY (Taiwanese Mandarin, Hong Kong Cantonese)

1. to DIY; to do it yourself
2. (euphemistic) to masturbate

• IPA^(key): /deˈije/, [deˈi.je]

DIY

1. Initialism of Daerah Istimewa Yogyakarta.