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do-it-yourself-ism

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  • Yet do-it-yourself-ism is frowned on in almost every other profession: citizen policemen we call vigilantes; citizen doctors we call quacks; citizen bankers we call Ponzi schemers; and citizen musicians sing karaoke.

    Rob Fishman: Will Newser End Without Newspapers? 2009

  • I'm a big believer in do-it-yourself-ism and the retro-clone movement is all about that.

    The Clone Wars James Maliszewski 2008

  • Throughout, Tenanes and his design team have tried to emphasize a scrappy irreverence, an on-the-cheap, do-it-yourself-ism that characterizes the computer-hacker culture Facebook embraces.

    The Seattle Times 2011

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