"weddingzilla" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌwɛdɪŋˈzɪlə/ [General-American, Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-weddingzilla.wav [Southern-England] Forms: weddingzillas [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlə 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). Etymology templates: {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{glossary|noun}} noun, {{suffix|en|wedding|zilla|pos2=suffix forming nouns and names suggesting a monster or a thing of extremely large size or great destructiveness}} wedding + -zilla (suffix forming nouns and names suggesting a monster or a thing of extremely large size or great destructiveness), {{glossary|back-formation}} back-formation, {{m|en|Godzilla}} Godzilla Head templates: {{en-noun}} weddingzilla (plural weddingzillas)
  1. (humorous, often attributively) A person overly concerned with ensuring that a wedding goes exactly as they envision it. Tags: attributive, humorous, often Categories (topical): Marriage, People Hyponyms: bridezilla, groomzilla Holonyms: couplezilla Translations (person overly concerned with ensuring that a wedding goes exactly as they envision it): ပေါဲသ္ပမ္ၚဵုထပ်တဲဇဳလာ (Mon)

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