weddingzilla

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US, UK/ˌwɛdɪŋˈzɪlə/

noun

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

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Meanings

nounweddingzilla (plural weddingzillas)

plural weddingzillas

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

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

    2007 November 6, “alanG”, “Audreh SNUK”, in rec.arts.tv.uk.coronation-st (Usenet)
    2 more examples

    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!"

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

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

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

Origin

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).

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with weddingzilla

villamanilaAnguillagorillaGodzillaPriscillachinchillaflotillamanillaSillascintillaScyllaDrusillamaxillacedillapapillaaxillahydrillacamarillabarillamantillaperillaancillascilla
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Cite this entry
APA

weddingzilla. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weddingzilla

MLA

“weddingzilla.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weddingzilla. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weddingzilla,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weddingzilla.

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