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CMV: Even if I'm a pro - DIY stands for "Do-It-Yourself" so as long as I did it myself, it's a DIY.

The title basically, I was joking with my friends about a new car I bought. It happened to be from my company and a model I actually worked on. So I called it a DIY jokingly. My friend got all prickly and said that it's not a DIY since I am a professional.

Obviously, it's NOT a DIY in that particular scenario since I didn't build the entire car myself, but the "pro" argument is what stuck with me. ~~That makes no sense. DIY stands for "Do It Yourself", how does professional experience have anything to do with it? If I'm a general contractor and I decide to build my own patio... well nothing about that sentence changes the fact that I did it myself which is what the word means literally. I mean it's in the name...~~

Update: One of the commenters below has tweaked my view a bit  - would love to keep the conversation going on this adjusted premise. 

 *How you execute the project and with what tools determines DIY-ness.. not my status as a professional?* 

IE : 

||Professional|Amateur|
|:-|:-|:-|
|Professional Equipment|Not DIY|DIY|
|Amateur Equipment|DIY|DIY|

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Words and terms are rarely literal and rarely match an exact dictionary definition.

"DIY" stands for "Do-it-yourself", but it also implies a sort of amateurism and custom/impromptu workmanship to it. A totally standard job, done to professional standards, that just happens to have been done at the contractor's own patio rather than a client's, does not necessarily meet the spirit of DIY even if that person literally Did It Themselves. Similarly, if you had bought a kit car and built it in your professional shop, it'd be kind of odd to call that a DIY, but if some rando bought a kit car and assembled it in their garage it'd be a lot closer to the spirit of DIY.