(chiefly, US, UK) Not in my backyard (in objection to an undesirable structure built locally).
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(usually, pejorative) Someone who objects to the building of an undesirable structure in their neighborhood, especially in public policy debate.
politically correct green (as in vegetation) nimbies (may object to nuclear power plants, polluting factories, etc.)
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Not wanting to have to deal with unpleasant or distasteful things near them.
Their vote against measures to help refugees has been perceived by the socially conscious margin of society as a typically nimby attitude.
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Regional slang from around the English-speaking world — British, Australian, Irish, Caribbean, Nigerian, Filipino, AAVE, and the hyphenated-English dialects that make the internet sound local.
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