"BANANA principle" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Initialism of \"build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything\".",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1994, United States Congress House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Pipeline safety",
          "text": "Clearly it is tempting to say \"no more pipelines\" or to adopt the BANANA principle — Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anybody.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Tamás Farkas, The Investor's Guide to the Energy Revolution, page 61",
          "text": "When it comes to nuclear facilities, the NIMBY (notin-my-backyard) principle has evolved into the BANANA principle; “build-absolutely-nothing-anywhere-near-anything.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Saulo Cwerner, Sven Kesselring, John Urry, Aeromobilities",
          "text": "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').",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Joel Salatin, Folks, This Ain't Normal",
          "text": "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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        }
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      "glosses": [
        "A policy that prohibits building anything that could disturb those who already reside in an area."
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          "reside",
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(somewhat derogatory) A policy that prohibits building anything that could disturb those who already reside in an area."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
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        {
          "word": "NIMBY"
        }
      ],
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  "word": "BANANA principle"
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{
  "etymology_text": "Initialism of \"build absolutely nothing anywhere near anything\".",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "?"
      },
      "expansion": "BANANA principle",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "nimby"
    },
    {
      "word": "NIMBY"
    }
  ],
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1994, United States Congress House Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Energy and Power, Pipeline safety",
          "text": "Clearly it is tempting to say \"no more pipelines\" or to adopt the BANANA principle — Build Absolutely Nothing Anywhere Near Anybody.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Tamás Farkas, The Investor's Guide to the Energy Revolution, page 61",
          "text": "When it comes to nuclear facilities, the NIMBY (notin-my-backyard) principle has evolved into the BANANA principle; “build-absolutely-nothing-anywhere-near-anything.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2009, Saulo Cwerner, Sven Kesselring, John Urry, Aeromobilities",
          "text": "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').",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2011, Joel Salatin, Folks, This Ain't Normal",
          "text": "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.\"",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A policy that prohibits building anything that could disturb those who already reside in an area."
      ],
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        ],
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        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(somewhat derogatory) A policy that prohibits building anything that could disturb those who already reside in an area."
      ],
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        "derogatory"
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  "word": "BANANA principle"
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