soapbox

IPA: sˈoʊpbɑks

noun

  • (literally) A crate for packing soap.
  • (figuratively) Any physical or media platform which gives prominence to the person on it and the views they espouse.
  • (figuratively) A talk about one's pet topic (or the topic itself), especially when only tangentially relevant to an ongoing discussion.
  • A soapbox car.

verb

  • To give a speech from (or as if from) a soapbox.
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Examples of "soapbox" in Sentences

  • This is not a blog or a soapbox.
  • Furthermore this is not a soapbox.
  • That is factual and not a soapbox.
  • It must be the soap in the soapbox.
  • This encyclopaedia is not a soapbox.
  • It is an encyclopedia, not a soapbox.
  • They can sniff the aroma of a soapbox.
  • This is an encyclopedia, not a soapbox.
  • Soapboxing or expostulation is a waste of breath.
  • And the evangelist on the soapbox is a friend of his.
  • You guys just seem upset that his soapbox is taller than yours.
  • I append the definition from the Wikipedia page on the soapbox topic.
  • A soapbox was the chair on which Nellie had been sitting; there was no other.
  • The soapbox will be her cell, for it was so small she could not lie down in it.
  • Any declared candidate is allowed to speak on the soapbox, which is sponsored by the Des Moines Register.
  • DON GONYEA: There's a small lot on the main thoroughfare at the state fairgrounds that's called the soapbox.
  • The soapbox is a crudely painted recycled wooden crate that belongs to another of my students; she hauls it to various public events in Detroit.
  • May has been vocal in his online "soapbox" - "I was doing it long before anyone used the word blog" - in opposing any repeal of the fox-hunting ban.
  • The only real reason to target vices for taxation besides our Puritanical politicians on their soapbox is that tobacco and alcohol are very inelastic goods.
  • If it weren't that they'd throw a massive amount of money at fixing a problem that doesn't need government's money to fix (It needs government to but the hell out and let the market correct itself and settle back down; but that's another conversation for another day, as I'm digressing, and the soapbox is getting a little rickety), I'd support them just to show how disillusioned I am with their party ...

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