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 Definitions of NIMBY  [ˈnɪm bi]  

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Definition of 'NIMBY' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1.  NIMBY
not in my backyard (used to refer to persons or groups that oppose the introduction into their neighborhood of an institution they consider objectionable, as a prison or psychiatric clinic).

Etymology:  (1980–85)

Definition of 'NIMBY' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) 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

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