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  • noun Plural form of nimby.

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Examples

  • There's a great risk that people will think of the residents as 'nimbys'.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • There's a great risk that people will think of the residents as 'nimbys'.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

  • We are NOT 'nimbys' or 'parochial' or any other childish insults Preston can come up with.

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  • Already Blackburn MP Jack Straw and the borough's council leader have said they would fight the plans, prompting Preston council leader Ken Hudson to label them 'nimbys'.

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  • We are NOT 'nimbys' or 'parochial' or any other childish insults Preston can come up with.

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  • Perhaps she should consider English lessons before calling others 'nimbys' regarding a subject she so obviously knows very little about.

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  • We are NOT 'nimbys' or 'parochial' or any other childish insults Preston can come up with.

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  • The row over the plans is dividing the county, with Preston council leader Ken Hudson branding Blackburn with Darwen council leaders "nimbys" and saying the area should focus on its industrial heritage and not try to compete with his city's shopping might.

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  • We are NOT 'nimbys' or 'parochial' or any other childish insults Preston can come up with.

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  • It may be suggested that if homes must be built on green fields anyway, an alternative to large developments on the edge of big towns would be to scatter them on a small scale around various rural areas, where many would-be 'nimbys' may think twice if it is their grown-up children who are desperate to find affordable homes in these locations.

    Assetz for Investors property investment news 2008

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