Jellybies

Noun

Jellyby (plural Jellybys or Jellybies)

1. A philanthropist who cares only for people in distant regions, or people away from their own household.
   • My mother, devoted to music, was a Jellyby. Strictly brought up, straight backed, never careless of her person, but still as to her children, a Jellyby.1992, Bernard Shaw, Rebecca Swift, Letters from Margaret: correspondence between Bernard Shaw and Margaret Wheeler 1944-1950