bridezilla

[brahyd-zil-uh]

noun

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.

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Origin of bridezilla

First recorded in 1990–95; bride¹ + (God)zilla