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-zilla is an English slang suffix, a back-formation derived from the English name of the Japanese movie monster Godzilla.[1][2] It is popular for the names of software and websites. It is also found often in popular culture to imply some form of excess, denoting the monster-like qualities of Godzilla.
This trend has been observed since the popularization of the Mozilla Project, which itself included the Internet Relay Chat client ChatZilla.[citation needed]
The use of the suffix was contested by Toho, owners of the trademark Godzilla, in a lawsuit against the website Davezilla[3] and also against Sears for their mark Bagzilla.[4]
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[edit] List of -zillas
Some uses of the suffix -zilla include:
[edit] Businesses and products
- Mozilla, a group of Internet-related programs created by the Mozilla Foundation, also name of the group's widely-known web browser
- Bugzilla, open source bug tracking software, with a web-based interface.
- ChatZilla, an Internet Relay Chat program
- Mozilla Application Suite
- Classilla, a rebranded Mozilla Application Suite, an internet suite for the classic Mac OS
- DOSzilla, an obsolete port of the Mozilla Application Suite to MS-DOS[5]
- Ghostzilla, a web browser
- GNUzilla, GNUs fork of the Mozilla Application Suite
- Warpzilla, the Mozilla Application suite for OS/2
- AmiZilla, a Amiga port of Mozilla Firefox
- Chipzilla, a humorous epithet for the Intel Corporation
- Clonezilla, an open source disk cloning software
- FileZilla, an FTP program
- Go!Zilla, a download manager program
- RarZilla, a RAR utility application for Microsoft Windows
- Podzilla, an open source user interface for the IPodLinux project, which allows for alternative functionality of Apple Computer's iPod
- Quizilla, an online personality quiz website, which contains its own "Zillapedia"
- Shopzilla, a comparison-shopping search engine, formerly BizRate.com
[edit] Entertainment
- Godzilla, the film from which the -zilla suffix (as aforementioned) originates
- Mechagodzilla, a fictional character from the Godzilla series, it is the mechanical doppelgänger of Godzilla.
- SpaceGodzilla, a modified clone of Godzilla
- Bongzilla, a rock band from Madison, Wisconsin
- Broadzilla, a rock band from Detroit, Michigan
- Tekzilla, a weekly video podcast on the Revision3 network
- Davezilla, a humor website
- Rapzilla, a Christian hip hop online magazine
- Illzilla, an Australian hip hop group featuring live instruments
- "Bootzilla", a song recorded by Bootsy's Rubber Band
- Popzilla, an animated TV series in production for MTV
[edit] Miscellaneous
- Bridezilla, a term indicating a difficult bride.
- Hogzilla, a large male wild hog hybrid that was stabbed and killed in Georgia, United States.
[edit] References
- ^ Chrysti M. Smith. Verbivore's Feast: Second Course: More Word & Phrase Origins. http://books.google.com/books?id=d3bov9J_1w0C&pg=PA37&dq=zilla+suffix&hl=it&cd=1#v=onepage&q=zilla%20suffix&f=false.
- ^ William Tsutsui. "Godzilla and Postwar Japan Lunch Keynote". Address 2004 National Meeting Asian Studies. http://google.com/scholar?q=cache:FBf9jmdENaEJ:scholar.google.com/+zilla+suffix&hl=it&as_sdt=2000.
- ^ "Godzilla vs. the blog thing". CNET.com. http://news.cnet.com/Godzilla-vs.-the-blog-thing/2100-1026_3-949804.html.
- ^ Philip Summa. "New Test for Trademark Dilution - Why North Carolina Should Adopt Section 12 of the Model State Trademark". Campbell L. Rev. 5. http://heinonline.org/HOL/Page?men_tab=srchresults&handle=hein.journals/camplr5&id=180&size=2&collection=journals&terms=zillazilla&termtype=phrase&set_as_cursor=.
- ^ Kuma, Amit (30 July 1998). "DOSzilla The Free, Mozilla Based, Web Browser for DOS". idt.net. Archived from the original on 10 October 1999. http://web.archive.org/web/19991010185613/idt.net/~kassoc/dos/. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
