bridezilla

[brahyd-zil-uh]

noun

1. Informal.,  a soon-to-be bride who is overly involved with the details of her wedding and becomes extremely self-centered, demanding, or otherwise difficult to tolerate.

Word History and Origins

Origin of bridezilla¹

First recorded in 1990–95; bride ¹ ( def. ) + (God)zilla ( def. )

Example Sentences

Bridezilla’s response was manipulation: She tried to argue that staying out of the pictures would be less stressful for the OP.

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"I really hope young people come and see this show because it is so important and it really can change someone's life," explained Gift, whose character Robin is a jaded barista who is at the mercy of her Bridezilla older sister Melissa.

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What wedding entertainment has done, from “Bridezilla” to “Say Yes to the Dress” to “Four Weddings,” is erase the distinction between the public persona and the private persona, making the entire process performative, and that can be exhausting.

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Our daughter doesn’t like Mia and thinks she is a bridezilla.

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When we were on holiday for our honeymoon, I wasn’t a bridezilla, I was a honeymoonzilla.

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