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English
Etymology
From couple + -zilla.
Pronunciation
Noun
couplezilla (plural couplezillas)
- (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.
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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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