Korean slang profile
님비
nimbi
Opposing facilities in one’s own area
An attitude or phenomenon of recognizing a facility’s necessity while opposing its location in one’s own area.
- Expanded form
- Not in My BackyardNot in My Backyard
- Other spellings
- —
- Earliest source found
- Nov 1999
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
그 기사는 지역 갈등과 님비 현상을 함께 다뤘다.
The article covered local conflict and the 님비 phenomenon together.
02Documented history
No history documented.
03Origin & word formation
Gyeonggi Province’s November 1999 지식행정 용어해설집 gives this abbreviation and a corresponding definition. The first user and time have not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The November 1999 revised edition was compared on PDF page 91. It is a general or specialist abbreviation of the time, not a claim of first use or popularity that year.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 지식행정 용어해설집 (경기도, 1999년 11월 수정판)Published Nov 1999Original source checked Nov 15, 2026