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I was railroaded into my tragic fate by irresponsible  anti-feminist Leo Tolstoy ... "
Anna Karenina

Liliputins. What, the heck, is this?
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railroading
noun
: construction or operation of a railroad


Examples of railroading in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Rolling Out of Ankara The Touristic Eastern Express will never be accused of high-speed railroading.
—Mark Orwoll, Travel + Leisure, 18 July 2023
Freight railroading has survived for nearly two centuries through constant reinvention.
—Peter Eavis, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2022
Ben Hayes, 14, wasted no time pursuing his first merit badge, in hiking, and then moving on to railroading, which paralleled his biggest passion, for his second.
—Jeff Truesdell, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2022
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Word History
First Known Use
1835, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of railroading was in 1835
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railroading
In gaming, the act of forcing a player to "choose to" do something they don't really want to in order to advance the plot according to the wishes or designs of the GM.

Thus, the player feels like they're being moved through a world (or plot) as if on train tracks, without any choice on where to go.
"So we have to search the lower dungeon to find the key, despite the fact that this door is rotten and my character has 19 strength? Stop railroading us!"
by FeepingCreature March 10, 2013

railroading
A term describing the process of forcing the player characters in a Role-Playing Game to complete a certain task before continuing the adventure.
"The GM has subtely instructed us to go to this town before we can finish the damn story. I bet he received a Masters Degree in Railroading."
by InsanityIsCrazy November 15, 2004


"To railroad" means to rig a situation such that events can only play out in a particular manner, or to a particular end. When applied to a trial, it means to manipulate the judicial system such that a defendant is virtually guaranteed a conviction. The metaphor derives from the nature of a railroad track, which does not offer a train the ability to choose its path of travel.
"The lead prosecutor railroaded Eddy into a first-degree murder conviction: she relied heavily on the testimony of unqualified experts."

"If you are hosting a murder-mystery party, avoid railroading your guests into quickly solving the case. Give them freedom to pursue tangents in the storyline they find interesting."
by xopwo July 25, 2012

railroaded
The act of limiting ones options to a single track, irregardless of other options; grabbed by the proverbial balls and yanked towards a single destination.
"She railroaded me into this marriage by getting pregnant."

"I was railroaded by my in-laws into this vacation."


1. to get someone unjustly convicted

2. force a resolution quickly

3. to coerce someone into doing something they would not otherwise do
I think he wanted to railroad congress.