planzilla
n.— «David Mandel of Los Angeles, an executive producer of the HBO program “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” and his bride, Dr. Rebecca Whitney, hired and dismissed two consultants because they were “planzillas.” “It was like we had this mutual enemy—our wedding planner,” Mr. Mandel recalled. “We were not sleeping well. It was beyond miserable.”» —“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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