ＮＩＭＢＹ

noun

NIMBY; not in my back yard

Loanword acronym used in discussions about local opposition to development projects. Often used attributively as in ＮＩＭＢＹ問題.

• その地ち域いきでは、新あたらしいごみ処しょ理り施し設せつの建けん設せつに対たいしてＮＩＭＢＹの声こえが上あがっている。

  In that area, NIMBY voices are being raised against the construction of a new waste treatment facility.

• ＮＩＭＢＹ問もん題だいは、公こう共きょう施し設せつの立りっ地ちを難むずかしくしている。

  The NIMBY problem makes it difficult to site public facilities.