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A shotgun wedding is a wedding that is arranged to avoid embarrassment due to premarital sex possibly leading to an unintended pregnancy, rather than out of the desire of the participants. The phrase is a primarily American colloquialism, termed as such based on a stereotypical scenario where the father of the pregnant bride-to-be threatens the reluctant groom with a shotgun to ensure that he follows through with the wedding.

colloquialism pregnancy embarrassment

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  1. "Deuteronomy 22:28-29". https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Deuteronomy+22%3A28-29&version=NABRE. 
  2. Haruna Kashiwase, "Shotgun Weddings a Sign of the Times in Japan," Population Today, July 2002, prb.org http://www.prb.org/Articles/2002/ShotgunWeddingsaSignoftheTimesinJapan.aspx
  3. "Japan embraces shotgun weddings". Telegraph. June 22, 2009. Retrieved July 25, 2010. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/japan/5602308/Japan-embraces-shotgun-weddings.html
  4. Brasor, Philip (8 January 2012). "Oops! Pregnant celebs dancing down the aisle". The Japan Times. http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2012/01/08/national/media-national/oops-pregnant-celebs-dancing-down-the-aisle/. Retrieved 13 January 2016. 
  5. National Institute of Population and Social Security Research, The Fourteenth Japanese National Fertility Survey in 2010 (October 2011). "Marriage Process and Fertility of Japanese Married Couples". http://www.ipss.go.jp/site-ad/index_english/nfs14/Nfs14_Couples_Eng.pdf. Retrieved 13 January 2016. 
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  7. 奉子成婚成常現象 "大肚新娘"挑戰傳統貞操 Married by the child became a norm, "Pregnant brides" are challenging the traditional chastity. http://www.chinapress.net/big5/newscenter/2009-12/05/content_265515.htm
  8. “奉子成婚”挑战传统道德底线 "Married by the Child" challenging traditional marital limits. http://www.sdenews.com/html/50811.htm
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