Citations:promzilla

Noun: "(usually humorous) a teenage girl who is exceptionally obsessed with preparing for her prom and ensuring it turns out the way she envisions"

 * 2006 — Anaïs Lombard, ELLEGirl, 6 March 2006, page 114:
 * Who doesn't go promzilla on their hair before the big night?
 * 2008 — "Big night or fright night?", The Gazette, 7 May 2008:
 * "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 9780470400913, 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.
 * 2009 — Linda Reilly, "Augustinian priests will be missed greatly at Bonner", Delaware County Daily News, 10 May 2009:
 * 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."
 * 2011 — Jennifer Dunkerley, "How Teens Get The Prom Queen Look", Daily Star, 18 June 2011:
 * 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.
 * 2011 — "Ant feels like king of castle", The Sun, 22 June 2011:
 * Nine in 10 secondaries plan to hold the proms, according to a poll by Debenhams, which sells the posh frocks to teen "promzillas".
 * 2012 — Zeenat Yahya, "Teens: Beware the promzilla", San Jose Mercury News, 26 February 2012:
 * Before we get to that, one must realize that even though the girls are the "promzillas," the guys have it pretty tough too.