SOAPBOX

Soapbox

A soapbox is a raised platform on which one stands to make an impromptu speech, often about a political subject. The term originates from the days when speakers would elevate themselves by standing on a wooden crate originally used for shipment of soap or other dry goods from a manufacturer to a retail store.

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soapbox

Noun

  1. A crate for packing soap, or, by extension, any inexpensive crude platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it, especially when used for speeches.
    The madman obtained a soapbox which he stood on at the corner of Broadway and Wall street, to shout out his prophesy of the end of the world.
  2. A talk about one's pet topic (or the topic itself), especially when only tangentially relevant to an ongoing discussion.
    He's been on his soapbox all day about the new football coach.
  3. a soapbox car

Verb

  1. To give a speech from (or as if from) a soapbox.


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soap box

Noun



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