Pass the participle

Language, of course, is a living thing and meanings and useage change over time.

I had thought that some traditions would be less susceptible to this - for instance the rituals surrounding major life events such as weddings and funerals.

Then my eye was caught by a newspaper report (Isle of Wight County Press 23/02/07) of a wedding between Colin Bond, drayman, and Helen Sutch, chef.

Nothing unusual until the last paragraph: "The couple honeymooned in the Dominican Republic before the wedding."

It might have been a holiday, and even (hopefully) a romantic one. But I think it is stretching definitions a little far to call it a honeymoon.