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Someone who objects to something being sited in their own locality
Answer for the clue "Someone who objects to something being sited in their own locality ", 5 letters:
nimby
Alternative clues for the word nimby
- Somewhere else and I might not object!
- Certain objector acronymically
- Word of opposition to local civic projects
- Acronym used to protest nearby landfills
- 'Anywhere else!' acronym
- Selfish social outlook, for short
- Modern political acronym
- Acronym used to protest potential environmental hazards nearby
Word definitions for nimby in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. Not wanting to have to deal with unpleasant or distasteful things near them. alt. (context chiefly US UK English) not in my backyard. n. (context usually pejorative English) Someone who objects to the building of an undesirable structure in their neighborhood, ...
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
NIMBY (an acronym for the phrase " Not In My Back Yard "), or Nimby (as a word, instead of an acronym), is a pejorative characterization of opposition by residents to a proposal for a new development because it is close to them (or, in some cases, because ...
Usage examples of nimby.
Nimby get even a little curious about what human love and bleep was all about?
Then she sat on Nimby dragon, and Tweeter perched on her hair, and she invoked the crime against nature.
Then Chena did the next, and so on, until only Nimby and Jim were left outside.
It was worse for Nimby than for Chlorine, because as a Demon he had not had natural functions, and in manform he had simply used magic to abate those he didn't care for.