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a person who just promised forever to someone whose chewing they'll soon hear in their sleep
means A person who has very recently gotten married, typically within the first year or so of the marriage.
from A transparent compound of "newly" (recently, freshly) and "wed" — itself from Old English "weddian," meaning to pledge or vow, the same root that gives us "wedding." Curiously, "wed" originally referred to the pledge or security itself, not the ceremony; to "wed" was to give one's word as a bond, which is rather fitting for two people newly bound by a promise.
- weight gain
- Couples gain weight fastest in the first year
- old word
- Wed comes from Old English for pledge
- honeymoon origin
- Named for sweetness that wanes like the moon
- tax shift
- Marriage changes your legal and financial identity overnight
- merging brains
- Long-married couples sync memories and finish thoughts