red wedding

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   A wedding ceremony in the Soviet Union in which the couple pledged loyalty to the state…

   A wedding ceremony in the Soviet Union in which the couple pledged loyalty to the state or communism in addition to reciting marriage vows.

   • As the church sought to make these events significant with its ceremonies, so did the Communists with their “Red weddings,” “Red funerals” and “Red christenings.”
   • They celebrated “red weddings” at factories, bride and groom standing before a piece of machinery and pledging their loyalty first to the communist state, then to each other.
   • Soon "Red weddings" replaced church weddings for dedicated Communists.
2. 2

   A situation involving carnage, bloodshed, or chaos

   A situation involving carnage, bloodshed, or chaos; a massacre; a mass culling.

   • A source familiar with the matter told Quartz that Uber employees are referring to the layoffs as the "marketing red wedding," a reference to a massacre that takes place in Game of Thrones.
   • "Has the red wedding started?" one employee wrote on Slack, a reference to a massacre scene in "Game of Thrones."

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