- hobgoblin (n.)
- 1520s, from hob "elf," from Hobbe, a variant of Rob (compare Hick for Richard, Hodge for Rodger, etc.), short for Robin Goodfellow, elf character in German folklore, + goblin.
- nimby
- acronym for not in my back yard, 1980, American English, supposedly coined by Walter Rodgers of the American Nuclear Society.