shotgun wedding
Meanings
noun
- A wedding in which the bride is already pregnant.
- A wedding made in haste or under duress.
- Any similarly reputedly forced partnership, between people, organizations, components, or concepts.
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Etymology
From the implication that the groom was forced to the altar by shotgun-wielding relatives of the bride.
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