in/outlaws?

[looobylooo]

hi all,
this might sound a silly question, but occasionally i hear married couples talk about 'the outlaws' is it the same as 'the inlaws' ie your spouses mum and dad?
thank you
:o)

[pinktwink1]

yes the outlaws are out of the circle sort of like estranged

[jackthehat]

It's a pun based on the image conjoured up by the word 'outlaw'............it means the 'inlaws' and not is specifically meant to indicate the parents of a former spouse..........

[looobylooo]

ah right, thanks pinktwink :o)
so they got it a bit wrong then when they said 'the out laws were coming to stay'' when it was the wifes mum and dad.