NIMBY (redirected from NIMBYs)

NIM·BY  (nmb)

n. pl. NIM·BYs Slang

One who objects to the establishment in one's neighborhood of projects, such as incinerators, prisons, or homeless shelters, that are believed to be dangerous, unsightly, or otherwise undesirable.

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[n(ot) i(n) m(y) b(ack) y(ard).]

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NIMBY [ˈnɪmbɪ]

n acronym for

not in my back yard: a person who objects to the occurrence of something if it will affect them or take place in their locality

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

NIMBY - someone who objects to siting something in their own neighborhood but does not object to it being sited elsewhere; an acronym for not in my backyard acronym - a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name dissenter, dissident, objector, protester, contestant - a person who dissents from some established policy

Translations

nimby, Nimby abbr of not in my back yard jd, der Unangenehmes aber Notwendiges nicht in seiner Nachbarschaft haben will, sondern möglichst weit weg

adj → ablehnend; nimby attitude → Ohne-Mich-Haltung f