できちゃった婚こん

Meanings

shotgun wedding; marriage due to unintended pregnancy

abbreviation

Colloquial abbreviation of できちゃった結婚. Refers to a marriage that takes place because the couple is expecting a child, often with a slightly informal or gossipy tone.

Kanji

婚marriage
出exit, leave, go out
来come, due, next

Related words

できちゃった結けっ婚こん
The full, slightly more formal expression; できちゃった婚 is the abbreviated, more casual version.
授さずかり婚こん
A more euphemistic and positive term for a marriage following pregnancy, literally 'blessed-with-a-child marriage', often used in formal contexts.

Written forms

できちゃった婚こん
Common kana-kanji mixed spelling; the kana portion reflects the colloquial contraction できちゃった.
出で来きちゃった婚こん
Kanji spelling of the verb portion; less common but still encountered.

Etymology

An abbreviation of できちゃった結婚. The form できちゃった contracts できてしまった and euphemistically indicates that a child was conceived before the marriage.