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03/14
09:31
new dictionary entry: DIYer
The noun DIY has got a new subentry in the Oxford English Dictionary: DIYer
DIYer (n.): A person who engages in do-it-yourself activities; an amateur (in construction, repair, etc.).
The OED offers two examples of its use:
- The relentless DIY’er has recorded hundreds of his songs in a makeshift studio in his bedroom, where you can imagine him retreating from a frigid evening.
- A do-it-yourselfer – or DIY’er – is allowed to do everything else, so the great Kiwi tradition of people being able to build their own homes has not been affected, at all.