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BANANA - Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anyplace
CAVE - Citizens Against Virtually Everything
CRAVE - Citizens Radically Against Virtually Everything
IMBY - In My Back Yard
LULU - Locally Unwanted Land Use
MIGA - Make it Go Away
MISE - Move it Somewhere Else
NIMBY - Not In My Backyard
NIABY - Not in anyone's Backyard
NIMFYE - Not in My Front Yard Either
NOOS - No on Our Street
NOPE - Not on Planet Earth
NOTE - Not Over There Either
NUID - Negotiate Until it Dies
PIITBY - Put it in Their Backyard
RUID - Review Until it Dies
YIMBY - Yes, In My Backyard
Not necessarily urban planning related - but find them entertaining anyway
DAMSL - Divorced Attempting to Maintain Standard of Living
DINS - Double Income No Sex
FOBIO - Frequently Outwitted by Inanimate Objects
GLAM - Greying Leisured Affluent Married
HATEd - Homeless and Temporarily Employed
HENRY - High Earner Not Rich Yet
LIFER - Low Income Frugal Ever Retire?
MCRADELs - Married Couple Raising A Dog Enjoying Life
MUPPIE - Middle Aged Urban Professional
SITCOM - Single Income Two Children Oppressive Mortgage
SENILE - Self Employed No Insurance Low Expectations
SINK - Single Income Lots of Kids
SISSI - Single Income Supporting Spouse's Interests
SKIING - Spending the Kids Inheritance
WIIWER - Wondering if I Will Ever Retire
WOOF - Well Off Older Folk
This is an urban planning discussion thread is it not? People use these acronyms all the time in discussing the usual assortment of curmudgeons, blue-haired biddies and other obstructionists who crowd the system and deploy tactic after tactic to kill development. This is just a compilation of some of the more common ones you'll see in posts on urban development in this forum and many others.
NIMTOO. Not In My Term of Office.
NINJA. No Income, No Job or Assets. (you could still get a mortgage in 2005).
Last edited by pvande55; 08-10-2013 at 06:46 AM..
Reason: Add NINJA
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