red wedding
English
Etymology
From The Red Wedding, a scene in A Song of Ice and Fire by George R. R. Martin.
Noun
red wedding (plural red weddings)
- (often figuratively) A massacre.
- 2019 July 29, Alison Griswold, Quartz:
- 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.
- 2022 November 3, Kate Conger and Ryan Mac, The New York Times:
- "Has the red wedding started?" one employee wrote on Slack, a reference to a massacre scene in "Game of Thrones."
- 2022 November 9, Oliver Darcy, CNN:
- Pundits such as Ben Shapiro noted the view had gone "from red wave to red wedding."