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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
Shotgun Wedding by Sham-Whoa May 20, 2009

shotgun wedding 

Billy Joe knocked up Daisy Sue and so now they're gonna have a shotgun wedding.
shotgun wedding by Joshzam May 4, 2004

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.
shotgun wedding by Satan00 April 25, 2006

shotgun wedding 

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.
shotgun wedding by superlazy October 20, 2008

shotgun wedding 

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
shotgun wedding by David Li April 23, 2005

shotgun wedding 

(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.