BANANA principle

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English

Etymology

Initialism of "build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything".

Noun

BANANA principle

  1. (somewhat derogatory) A policy that prohibits building anything that could disturb those who already reside in an area.
    • 1994, United States Congress House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Pipeline safety:
      Clearly it is tempting to say "no more pipelines" or to adopt the BANANA principle — Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anybody.
    • 2008, Tamás Farkas, The Investor's Guide to the Energy Revolution, →ISBN, page 61:
      When it comes to nuclear facilities, the NIMBY (notin-my-backyard) principle has evolved into the BANANA principle; “build-absolutely-nothing-anywhere-near-anything.”
    • 2009, Saulo Cwerner, Sven Kesselring, John Urry, Aeromobilities, →ISBN:
      Faburel (2003) describes a general trend away from the NIMBY ('not in my backyard') attitude towards the BANANA principle ('build absolutely nothing anywhere near anybody').
    • 2011, Joel Salatin, Folks, This Ain't Normal, →ISBN:
      In an uncommon show of humor in a government report, it says this: "What used to be termed the 'not-in-my-backyard' (NIMBY) principle has evolved into the 'build-absolutely-nothing-anywhere-near-anything' (BANANA) principle, which is increasingly being applied to facilities of any type, including low-income housing, cellular phone towers, prisons, sports stadiums, water treatment facilities, airports, hazardous waste facilities, and even new fire houses."

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