NIMBY

[usually nim-bee] /usually ˈnɪm bi/
1.
not in my backyard: used to express opposition by local citizens to the locating in their neighborhood of a civic project, as a jail, garbage dump, or drug rehabilitation center, that, though needed by the larger community, is considered unsightly, dangerous, or likely to lead to decreased property values.
Also, Nimby.
Origin
1980-85
Related forms
Nimbyism, noun
British Dictionary definitions for NIMBY

NIMBY

/ˈnɪmbɪ/
noun acronym
1.
not in my back yard: a person who objects to the occurrence of something if it will affect him or her or take place in his or her locality
Word Origin and History for NIMBY

nimby

acronym for not in my back yard, 1980, American English, supposedly coined by Walter Rodgers of the American Nuclear Society.

NIMBY in Culture

NIMBY definition


Acronym for “Not In My Back Yard.” A term for a person who resists unwanted development, such as manufacturing plants, prisons, power companies, or chemical companies in his or her own neighborhood or town.

Slang definitions & phrases for NIMBY

nimby

noun

(also nimbie or nebbie or nemmie or nemish) Nembutal2 or any barbiturate (1950+ Narcotics)


NIMBY

modifier

Exclusivist; fiercely protective: The local perspective is a recipe for disaster: ignorance, Nimby selfishness, isolationism, tribal and racial strife

noun

not in my back yard: Institutions that no organized community wants in its backyard, prisons, sanitation works and other NIMBYs, have followed (1980+)

[fr ''not in my backyard'']


not in my backyard

interjection

It is not ok with me that something is here where I live or exist


Related Abbreviations for NIMBY

NIMBY

not in my backyard