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Meaning: 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 Classified under: Nouns denoting people Hypernyms ("NIMBY" is a kind of...): contestant; dissenter; dissident; objector; protester (a person who dissents from some established policy) Domain usage: acronym (a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name)
"The grass is always greener on the other side of the fence." (English proverb) "Who is lazy dies from hunger." (Albanian proverb) "Who does not go with you, go with him." (Arabic proverb) "Once a horse is old, ticks and flies flock to it." (Corsican proverb)
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