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What is shotgun wedding?

A term for a forced marriage after an unexpected pregnancy.

Originating from when the father of the pregnant girl would force the baby's daddy to marry his daughter at gunpoint. This gun was most likely a shotgun as many fathers in the United States were hunters.

Bill knocked up Suzie and now they're having a shotgun wedding

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shotgun wedding - video


Shotgun wedding - what is it?

a redneck wedding in which at least 1 of3 males attending carries a shotgun to the wedding or some other firearm. Often results in drunken misfires killing guests. Usually held at trailer parks or farms. Often more than one person there is missing a limb from farming accidents, and almost none have all their teef.

Redneck 1:Little Billy Ray Joe Bob Jr. and Amanda Mae Sally Sue are having a shotgun wedding at his mamas trailer lot, hope none of tha guests git shot!

Redneck 2: yep. we betta bring our whiskey and huntin rifles...

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What does "shotgun wedding" mean?

to get married on the fly, unexpectedly, spur of the moment

we headed to vegas on the spur of the moment for a shotgun wedding

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Shotgun wedding - what does it mean?

see stain on my shirt

-One thing to complain about

"Someone came saying I'm insane to complain about a shotgun wedding and a stain on my shirt"

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Shotgun wedding - meaning

(Idiom) where extenuating circumstances mean that for either honour or pressure from a family.

The source of this is a wedding where a man was forced to marry a woman he impregnated. Her father held a shotgun to him at all times.

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Shotgun wedding - definition

Where the parents of one or both people of a couple force them to marry due to pregnancy of the female part of the couple.

I was forced to have a shotgun wedding with your mom

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Shotgun wedding - slang

A marriage that is forced upon a couple usually by the parents of the bride due to either an unplanned pregnancy or pre-marital relations.

Sarah Palin publicly announced her daughter's shotgun wedding in September 2008.

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Shotgun wedding

A wedding that is forced into existence because of pregnancy.

A shotgun wedding: Chad Michael Murray and his new screwtoy, 18-year old Kenzie Dalton.

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Shotgun wedding

A case of wife or death.

Billy Joe knocked up Daisy Sue and so now they're gonna have a shotgun wedding.

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Shotgun wedding

where one or both parties are forced into marriage due to an unplaned pregnancy

looks like its a shotgun wedding for those two

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