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Contraposition Posted 14 years ago
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Words for this kind of marriage?

a marriage that takes place in haste or unplannedly because of a premarital pregnancy
  

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Hi, I'd just say eg a hasty marriage. A very old-fashioned phrase used to be 'a shotgun wedding' . The idea here was that the pregnant girl's father used his shotgun to force the man to marry his pregnant daughter.

— Clive

  • Hi, I'd just say eg a hasty marriage.
  • A very old-fashioned phrase used to be 'a shotgun wedding' .
  • The idea here was that the pregnant girl's father used his shotgun to force the man to marry his pregnant daughter.
  • But I never hear this phrase anymore.
  • Clive
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Hi,

I'd just say eg a hasty marriage.

A very old-fashioned phrase used to be 'a shotgun wedding'. The idea here was that the pregnant girl's father used his shotgun to force the man to marry his pregnant daughter. But I never hear this phrase anymore.
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CliveBut I never hear this phrase anymore.
Hmmm. I do now and then.

CJ
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Hi. I agree with Jim.
I think shotgun wedding is still in use but with a slight difference in meaning.
I have heard this phrase used for the forced marriagewedding in general, not necessarily for the situation the question poster had described. But the origin of the phrase is exactly what Clive explained. (
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