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NIMBY

  [usually nim-bee]
Use NIMBY in a Sentence
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:
Nim⋅by⋅ism, noun
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NIM·BY   (nĭm'bē)   
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.

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

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.

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nimby 
acronym for not in my back yard, 1980, Amer.Eng., supposedly coined by Walter Rodgers of the American Nuclear Society.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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NIMBY
not in my backyard
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