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Nimby vs Numby - What's the difference?

nimby | numby |

As a phrase nimby

is (chiefly|us|uk).

As an adjective numby is

(obsolete) somewhat numb; numbed.

nimby

English

Alternative forms

* NIMBY

Phrase

(en-phrase)
  • (chiefly, US, UK) Not in my backyard.

    • Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (usually, pejorative) Someone who objects to the building of an undesirable structure in their neighborhood, especially in public policy debate.
    • politically correct green (as in vegetation) nimbies (may object to nuclear power plants, polluting factories, etc.)
    socially conservative brown (as in shirts) nimbies (may object to the building of jails, prisons, housing for ex-convicts, drinking or adult entertainment establishments)
    ''fiscally conservative green (as in money) nimbies (may object to the building of anything which may decrease preexisting property values)

    Adjective

  • Not wanting to have to deal with unpleasant or distasteful things near them.
    • Their vote against measures to help refugees has been perceived by the socially conscious margin of society as a typically nimby attitude.

    Derived terms

    * nimbyism * nimbyist

    See also

    * BANANA - acronym similar to NIMBY

    numby

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (obsolete) Somewhat numb; numbed.
  • *, II.17:
  • *:My hands are so stiffe and nummie , that I can hardly write for my selfe, so that what I have once scribled, I had rather frame it anew than take the paines to correct it; and I reade but little better.
  • *1868 , The London Lancet
  • *:The pains extend down the legs, with a numby , burning feeling.