shotgun wedding

Etymology
From the implication that the groom was forced to the altar by shotgun-wielding relatives of the bride.

Noun

 * 1)  A wedding in which the bride is already pregnant.
 * 2)  Any similarly reputedly forced partnership, between people, organizations, components, or concepts.
 * 1)  Any similarly reputedly forced partnership, between people, organizations, components, or concepts.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: haulikkohäät
 * French: mariage précipité
 * German: Mussehe, Mussheirat, Musshochzeit; sie mussten heiraten
 * Irish: pósadh práinne
 * Italian: matrimonio riparatore
 * Japanese: できちゃった結婚, でき婚
 * Korean: 속도위반 결혼
 * Russian: брак по залёту
 * Serbo-Croatian: vjenčanje sačmaricom, venčanje sačmaricom, morala se udati
 * Spanish:, casarse de penalti
 * Welsh: priodas glec, priodas orfod