couplezilla

English

Etymology

From couple +‎ -zilla.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪlə

Noun

couplezilla (plural couplezillas)

1. (informal, usually humorous) A couple who, in the course of planning their wedding, display difficult, selfish, narcissistic behaviour relating to the event.
   • 1999 June 3, Peggy Galbraith, “Re: cake...”, in alt.wedding‎^[1] (Usenet):

     > However, I still think a wedding is one of the few times a couple can be
     > completely selfish and think of themselves only.
     Oh no, COUPLEZILLA!

   • 1999 August 24, Wende A. Feller, “Re: Coordinator Update!”, in alt.wedding‎^[2] (Usenet):

     You're probably a great relief to work with after some of the couplezillas she's inevitably seen. The last real doozy of a story I heard was the groom who insisted that they MUST have an aisle runner because they were paying $10,000 for the wedding and had to have everything just so.

   • 2000 January 31, Z. Santiago, “Re: Cheif^[sic] Bridesmaid needs help! (LONG)”, in alt.wedding‎^[3] (Usenet):

     Then, no they're not wrong at all, they're being a couplezilla.
     […]
     I say.. Couplezilla go ahead and embrace your zilla-ness. This is the stuff that makes great wedding horror stories...

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:couplezilla.

Meronyms

• bridezilla
• groomzilla
• weddingzilla

See also

• -zilla