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bridechilla en · NOUN

Etymology

Blend of bridezilla + chill.

Meanings

1. (humorous, informal) An extremely relaxed and easygoing bride.
   • To try and remain a Bridechilla, stand up for yourself when you can; you may want to be prepared with responses to unsolicited opinions. 2019, Amanda Pendolino, Wedding Planning for the Busy Feminist, →ISBN, page 9:
   • I thought I would be extremely anxious for my wedding, but I turned out to be a bridechilla.
   • There's nothing wrong with wanting to distance yourself from the bridezilla stereotype and be as nice and flexible as you can during wedding planning, but there's something about the bridechilla that feels like the latest version of the "cool girl." She's not like the other brides; she's smarter, nicer, less shallow...better. 2014 August 19, Rachel W. Miller, “Forget Bridezillas, The New Bad Bride Is A Bridechilla”, in HuffPost, archived from the original on 10 May 2023:
   • Destination weddings are for bridechillas only. Control freaks/type-As/people who had their weddings planned out before they met their fiancé, hear me when I say you don't want a destination wedding. 2017 August 30, Brooke Shunatona, “9 Things I Wish I Knew Before Having a Destination Wedding”, in Cosmopolitan, New York, N.Y.: Hearst Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 20 Jan 2022:
   • Vancouver bride-to-be Tracy Williams isn't about to start eating sauerkraut and popping Frankenvitamins. "I'm more of a bridechilla than a bridezilla," says Williams, who's getting married on Feb. 28 in Toronto. "If I get sick, I get sick. It's so much out of my control." 2009 January 19, Joanne Latimer, quoting Tracy Williams, “The paranoia of the winter bride”, in Maclean's, volume 122, number 1, Toronto, Ont.: Rogers Media Inc., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 70, column 3:

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Antonyms

bridezilla