Define Shotgun Wedding Meaning

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

A case of wife or death.

A wedding that is forced into existence because of pregnancy.

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.

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.

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

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-One thing to complain about

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

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.

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.