Noun: "(humourous) a couple who, in the course of planning their wedding, display difficult, selfish, narcissistic behaviour relating to the event"[edit]
1999 June 3, Peggy Galbraith, “Re: cake...”, in alt.wedding[1] (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[2] (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[3] (Usenet):
Then, no they're not wrong at all, they're being a couplezilla. […] I say.. Couplezilla go ahead and embrace your zilla-ness. This is the stuff that makes great wedding horror stories...
2002 February 18, T Flynn, “Re: Something to consider:”, in alt.wedding[4] (Usenet):
In that any gathering or ceremony has a focal point and an audience, that may be, but the idea of comparing a wedding to a pageant -- implying that of COURSE a wedding should be some overblown, foo foo, couplezilla affair -- is a serious miscommunication.
Honestly, I'd be in the latter category, and I'd probably distance myself from any friend who put on a big production to announce their engagement... I'd be terrified that they're going to become Couplezilla over the whole wedding-planning process, wanting to have the biggest and best "OR ELSE!!1"?
Wedding photograph is a lot more complex than a few bits of equipment. It requires sharp shooting skills, solid knowledge of human psychology and the ability to stay calm in the face of an angry Couple-zilla. Building these skills is an essential pre-requisite to becoming a wedding photographer.
Noun: (humorous)a couple - whether dating, engaged, married, common-law - in an emotionally fused relationship[edit]
2004, Amy Alkon, advice column, Metro Spirit, Volume 15, Issue 25, January 22-28 2004, page 44:
Being accommodating does fly in the face of the traditional approach to relationships: two people coming together to squash themselves into one big couple-zilla — a whole that continuously becomes less and less than the sum of its parts.