couplezilla

English

Etymology

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 (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 (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 Bridesmaid needs help! (LONG)”, in alt.wedding‎ (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.

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