marital-industrial complex
n.— «Wedding experts say that planners are playing an increasingly large role in the marital-industrial complex.» —“Taming the Runaway Wedding Planner” by Vincent M. Mallozzi, Jeffrey Gettleman New York Times June 24, 2007. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
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