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nimby
noun- used as an acronym for “not in my back yard”, a description of the philosophy of those who support an idea in principle but do not want to be personally inconvenienced by it US, 1980
The acronym followed the phrase by only a year. - The first time we heard of the neat acronym-like word NIMBY, it was voiced by J. Hamilton Lambert, the county executive of Fairfax County[.] — Washington Post, p. B2, 13 February 1983
- Not in my Back Yard–NIMBY for short–an acronym that will symbolize the psychographic marketing profile that will dominate the next decade. — Financial Post (Toronto), p. 9, 17 February 1989
- Whereas NIMBIES promise the development will be Not In My Back Yard, the note says Not Over There Either. — David Rowan, Glossary for the 90s, p. 9, 1998
- a capsule of pentobarbital sodium (trade name Nembutal), a central nervous system depressant US, 1962
- — Richard Lingeman, Drugs from A to Z, p. 183, 1969
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