NIABY

NIABY
 n.— «“We’re not just NIMBY about wind energy,” Mollet said, referring to the “not in my backyard” acronym. “We’re NIABY—not in anybody’s backyard.”» —“Dutch Moving Wind Turbines Offshore” by Toby Sterling Washington Post Sept. 16, 2006. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)

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