Noun: "(usually humorous) a teenage girl who is exceptionally obsessed with preparing for her prom and ensuring it turns out the way she envisions"edit
"Some people blow prom way out of proportion. They think it's going to be this epic event and they turn it into a competition. Promzilla. That's what some girls become," said Lauren Pugh, who was out shopping with Liamani.
2009 — Kit Yarrow & Jayne O'Donnell, Gen Buy: How Tweens, Teens, and Twenty-Somethings Are Revolutionizing Retail, Jossey-Bass (2009), →ISBN, page 65:
Promzillas, however, become so enraptured with the shopping preparation that they lose sight of the event — and anybody else who might be involved.
2009 — Crystal Hamilton & Eboni Merriman, "The prom race", Chesterfield Observer, 6 May 2009:
"Things get crazy around this time. Girls you never thought would ever go through such extremes have turned into promzillas," said Monacan senior Amanda Hairston.
Esposito remembered the late Father Melton and the priest's claim to fame to get anyone into a college, in exchange for the opportunity to go to Prendie's prom with a "promzilla."
Gary says: "Elle is very much the promzilla. She's just signed to a top model agency, excels in school and is head of the prom committee. She has to look right on the night.