-zillacomb. form

Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly.

Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Godzilla n.

Etymology: < -zilla (in Godzilla n.).Formations are found from the 1970s, in early use generally with direct allusion to Godzilla and related films.

colloquial (originally U.S.).

With preceding noun, forming humorous, usually temporary words which depict a person or thing as a particularly fearsome, relentless, or overbearing example of its kind.See also Bridezilla n.

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1976 Biddeford-Saco (Maine) Jrnl. 24 Dec. 12/4 A pet monster named ‘Goat-zilla’ that eats trash and never gets full.

1978 I. Reed Secretary to Spirits 6 It breathes and hollars [sic] like All the Japanese sci fi monsters Rolled into one: Hogzilla.

1988 D. Tkac Everyday Health Tips iv. 147/1 (heading) Bosszilla... Your immediate supervisor at work is (a) crazy, (b) probably wanted by the FBI, (c) half man, half some type of life form from Pluto.

1993 USA Today 3 Feb. 10 d/7 He dubs a charging turkey ‘Bird-zilla’.

2003 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Aug. 71/1 Men also devolve into ‘groomzillas’, sometimes asserting their authority over details considered the bride's domain, such as flowers and even her gown.

2005 N.Y. Mag. 4 July 12 She's not the mom-zilla your writer depicted.

2007 Guardian 26 Jan. (Film & Music section) 6/2 That was very Hollywood, however, and this is very British, especially those depressing streetscapes of north London, through which our ageing thespzilla stomps defiantly around in his old-geezer's woolly hat.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021).

单词	-zilla
释义	-zillacomb. form Primary stress is attracted to the first syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly. Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: Godzilla n. Etymology: < -zilla (in Godzilla n.).Formations are found from the 1970s, in early use generally with direct allusion to Godzilla and related films. colloquial (originally U.S.). With preceding noun, forming humorous, usually temporary words which depict a person or thing as a particularly fearsome, relentless, or overbearing example of its kind.See also Bridezilla n. ΚΠ 1976 Biddeford-Saco (Maine) Jrnl. 24 Dec. 12/4 A pet monster named ‘Goat-zilla’ that eats trash and never gets full. 1978 I. Reed Secretary to Spirits 6 It breathes and hollars [sic] like All the Japanese sci fi monsters Rolled into one: Hogzilla. 1988 D. Tkac Everyday Health Tips iv. 147/1 (heading) Bosszilla... Your immediate supervisor at work is (a) crazy, (b) probably wanted by the FBI, (c) half man, half some type of life form from Pluto. 1993 USA Today 3 Feb. 10 d/7 He dubs a charging turkey ‘Bird-zilla’. 2003 Ladies' Home Jrnl. Aug. 71/1 Men also devolve into ‘groomzillas’, sometimes asserting their authority over details considered the bride's domain, such as flowers and even her gown. 2005 N.Y. Mag. 4 July 12 She's not the mom-zilla your writer depicted. 2007 Guardian 26 Jan. (Film & Music section) 6/2 That was very Hollywood, however, and this is very British, especially those depressing streetscapes of north London, through which our ageing thespzilla stomps defiantly around in his old-geezer's woolly hat. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021). < comb. form1976
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