Nimbyn.

Brit.

/ˈnɪmbi/, U.S.

/ˈnɪmbi/

Inflections: Plural Nimbies, Nimbys.

Forms: 1900s– NIMBY, 1900s– Nimby, 1900s– nimby.

Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: English not in my back yard.

Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of not in my back yard.For earlier currency of not in my back yard compare:1976 P. M. Meier & D. Morell Issues in Clustered Nuclear Siting (Brookhaven National Laboratory Rep. No. BNL 50561) xx. 413 The difficulty arises when the group that is benefiting from the electric power from a given plant is..different from the group that is bearing the social costs of the plant. The typical manifestation of this phenomenon is the expression, 'sure we need nuclear power plants, but not in my backyard'.1977 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) 7 June A3/6 A Princeton University report, released yesterday,..analyzes the growing role of New Jersey citizens groups in the fight against nuclear power... The so-called 'not in my backyard' syndrome cited in the report has successfully led to organized opposition in Atlantic and Ocean Counties to Public Service Electric and Gas Co.'s proposed Atlantic Generating Station.

Originally U.S. Frequently depreciative.

1. An attitude ascribed to persons who object to the siting of something they regard as detrimental or hazardous in their own neighbourhood, while by implication raising no such objections to similar developments elsewhere. Frequently attributive.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in the face of or in opposition [phrase] > selfish

Nimby1979

1979 Daily Press (Newport News-Hampton, Va.) 13 Feb. 23/6 Agencies need to be better coordinated and the ‘nimby’ (not in my back yard) syndrome must be eliminated.

1980 Christian Sci. Monitor 6 Nov. b5/3 A secure landfill anywhere near them is anathema to most Americans today. It's an attitude referred to in the trade as NIMBY—‘not in my backyard’.

1986 Times 30 Apr. 12/6 Wakeham has become a convert to the Nimby..principle. A chief whip who thinks that nuclear waste is too dangerous for his own constituency will find it hard to persuade other Tory MPs that it is safe for theirs.

1991 Country Living June 23 The local branches of the Green Party, CPRE and FoE..all oppose a bypass; but rather than adopting a negative NIMBY position they propose improvements to the existing road.

2001 U.S. News & World Rep. 18 June 60/2 How can we build new infrastructure..without NIMBY getting in the way?

2. A person holding such an attitude; an objector to local (esp. building) development.

ΚΠ

1980 Forbes 22 Dec. 8 Home builders and city planners have a new name for an old enemy—the ‘Nimbys’..those who want no construction that might disturb the character and real estate value of their neighborhoods.

1984 N.Y. Times 5 Aug. (Long Island Weekly section) 10/4 [His] vow to block construction at that site has led to accusations..that the Assemblyman ‘is a “nimby”’.

1993 Fort Collins (Colorado) Triangle Rev. 15 Apr. 6/1 I find it personally quite repugnant that she chose to describe the citizens who oppose the poorly-planned Impala Village Project as NIMBYs.

1997 Independent 11 Feb. i. 18/1 A hasty scanning of the newspapers may give one the impression that..every new road..will be met by the thunderous coalition of young eco-warriors and middle-aged Nimbies.

Derivatives

ˈNimbyish adj.

ΚΠ

1987 Washington Post 16 July (Maryland Weekly section) 2 Surely there has never been a more NIMBYish vote than the one the council took last Tuesday in favor of putting the incinerator in Dickerson.

1997 Daily Tel. 7 May 30/7 In the suburbs a nimbyish action group would have been all over the saw mill owners.

2013 Independent (Nexis) 3 Sept. 13 What started as a Nimbyish campaign by affected areas has morphed into substantive economic argument against the new railway line.

ˈNimbyism n.

ΚΠ

1986 Economist 8 Mar. 77/1 Two instances of NIMBYism—‘not in my back yard’.

1995 Guardian 23 Aug. (Society section) 9/1 When local people in rural Kent set fire to a house shortly to be occupied by housing association tenants, it was clear that Nimbyism had taken a new and violent turn.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	nimby
释义	Nimbyn. Brit. /ˈnɪmbi/, U.S. /ˈnɪmbi/ Inflections: Plural Nimbies, Nimbys. Forms: 1900s– NIMBY, 1900s– Nimby, 1900s– nimby. Origin: Formed within English, as an acronym. Etymon: English not in my back yard. Etymology: Acronym < the initial letters of not in my back yard.For earlier currency of not in my back yard compare:1976 P. M. Meier & D. Morell Issues in Clustered Nuclear Siting (Brookhaven National Laboratory Rep. No. BNL 50561) xx. 413 The difficulty arises when the group that is benefiting from the electric power from a given plant is..different from the group that is bearing the social costs of the plant. The typical manifestation of this phenomenon is the expression, 'sure we need nuclear power plants, but not in my backyard'.1977 Record (Bergen County, New Jersey) 7 June A3/6 A Princeton University report, released yesterday,..analyzes the growing role of New Jersey citizens groups in the fight against nuclear power... The so-called 'not in my backyard' syndrome cited in the report has successfully led to organized opposition in Atlantic and Ocean Counties to Public Service Electric and Gas Co.'s proposed Atlantic Generating Station. Originally U.S. Frequently depreciative. 1. An attitude ascribed to persons who object to the siting of something they regard as detrimental or hazardous in their own neighbourhood, while by implication raising no such objections to similar developments elsewhere. Frequently attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > in the face of or in opposition [phrase] > selfish Nimby1979 1979 Daily Press (Newport News-Hampton, Va.) 13 Feb. 23/6 Agencies need to be better coordinated and the ‘nimby’ (not in my back yard) syndrome must be eliminated. 1980 Christian Sci. Monitor 6 Nov. b5/3 A secure landfill anywhere near them is anathema to most Americans today. It's an attitude referred to in the trade as NIMBY—‘not in my backyard’. 1986 Times 30 Apr. 12/6 Wakeham has become a convert to the Nimby..principle. A chief whip who thinks that nuclear waste is too dangerous for his own constituency will find it hard to persuade other Tory MPs that it is safe for theirs. 1991 Country Living June 23 The local branches of the Green Party, CPRE and FoE..all oppose a bypass; but rather than adopting a negative NIMBY position they propose improvements to the existing road. 2001 U.S. News & World Rep. 18 June 60/2 How can we build new infrastructure..without NIMBY getting in the way? 2. A person holding such an attitude; an objector to local (esp. building) development. ΚΠ 1980 Forbes 22 Dec. 8 Home builders and city planners have a new name for an old enemy—the ‘Nimbys’..those who want no construction that might disturb the character and real estate value of their neighborhoods. 1984 N.Y. Times 5 Aug. (Long Island Weekly section) 10/4 [His] vow to block construction at that site has led to accusations..that the Assemblyman ‘is a “nimby”’. 1993 Fort Collins (Colorado) Triangle Rev. 15 Apr. 6/1 I find it personally quite repugnant that she chose to describe the citizens who oppose the poorly-planned Impala Village Project as NIMBYs. 1997 Independent 11 Feb. i. 18/1 A hasty scanning of the newspapers may give one the impression that..every new road..will be met by the thunderous coalition of young eco-warriors and middle-aged Nimbies. Derivatives ˈNimbyish adj. ΚΠ 1987 Washington Post 16 July (Maryland Weekly section) 2 Surely there has never been a more NIMBYish vote than the one the council took last Tuesday in favor of putting the incinerator in Dickerson. 1997 Daily Tel. 7 May 30/7 In the suburbs a nimbyish action group would have been all over the saw mill owners. 2013 Independent (Nexis) 3 Sept. 13 What started as a Nimbyish campaign by affected areas has morphed into substantive economic argument against the new railway line. ˈNimbyism n. ΚΠ 1986 Economist 8 Mar. 77/1 Two instances of NIMBYism—‘not in my back yard’. 1995 Guardian 23 Aug. (Society section) 9/1 When local people in rural Kent set fire to a house shortly to be occupied by housing association tenants, it was clear that Nimbyism had taken a new and violent turn. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1979
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