Getting Hitched
Wedding Slang
What does it really mean?
We've all heard them; tie the knot, getting hitched, etc But what do such phrases mean? Well, we're building this page in an attempt to answer this very question.
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Tie The Knot
Might mean...
In the seventeenth century, one or two of the bride-favours were always blue.
These were knots of coloured ribbons loosely stitched on to the wedding gown, which
were plucked off by the guests at the wedding feast, and worn as luck-bringers in the
young men's hats.
"Tie the knot" comes from Roman times, when the bride wore a girdle tied in knots that the groom later untied.