


[usually nim-bee] /usually ˈnɪm bi/

the practice of objecting to something that will affect one or take place in one’s locality
noun acronym
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


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.


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


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


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


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