weddingzilla

English

WOTD – 15 February 2022

Etymology

From wedding +‎ -zilla (suffix forming nouns and names suggesting a monster or a thing of extremely large size or great destructiveness) (a back-formation from Godzilla).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /ˌwɛdɪŋˈzɪlə/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪlə
• Hyphenation: wed‧ding‧zil‧la

Noun

weddingzilla (plural weddingzillas)

1. (humorous, often attributively) A person overly concerned with ensuring that a wedding goes exactly as they envision it.
   • 2007 November 6, “alanG”, “Audreh SNUK”, in rec.arts.tv.uk.coronation-st‎^[1] (Usenet):

     She wasn't in the family gathering to see Sarah's weddingzilla dress burn.

   • 2012 April 11, Amy Alkon, “Advice goddess”, in Colorado Springs Independent:

     It can be hard for a man to understand how an otherwise sweet and reasonable woman can go all weddingzilla: "My dress must have a 50-foot train, trimmed with the skins of puppies!"

   • 2013 April 23, Megan Garber, “We Have Ourselves a Groomzilla”, in The Atlantic:

     At least he's making Weddingzilla-ism slightly more of an equal-opportunity affair.

Hyponyms

• bridezilla
• groomzilla

Holonyms

• couplezilla

Translations

person overly concerned with ensuring that a wedding goes exactly as they envision it

• Mon: ပေါဲသ္ပမ္ၚဵုထပ်တဲဇဳလာ