soapbox

noun

soap·​box ˈsōp-ˌbäks How to pronounce soapbox (audio)
: an improvised platform used by a self-appointed, spontaneous, or informal orator
broadly : something that provides an outlet for delivering opinions
soapbox adjective

Examples of soapbox in a Sentence

some readers don't appreciate that she sometimes uses her book blog as a soapbox for her political views
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Everyone who does always comes away either with their mind blown or with a newfound soapbox about how convention breaking doesn’t always mean better. Constance Grady, Vox, 4 Nov. 2024 Allow me a brief moment to stand on a soapbox and make some important remarks about the mental health uses of generative AI. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024 Colin Farrell plays Oz’s big soapbox moment like a kabuki version of an undercover midnight drug or arms deal scene from Miami Vice — hamming it up and steely-eyed steaming it up in equal measure. Andy Andersen, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2024 Nearly everyone — from a powerful politician all the way down to that cousin — has a soapbox from which to offend and to be offended. Allie Volpe, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018 See all Example Sentences for soapbox 

Word History

First Known Use

1907, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of soapbox was in 1907

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“Soapbox.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soapbox. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

Kids Definition

soapbox

noun
soap·​box -ˌbäks How to pronounce soapbox (audio)
: something used as a platform (as on a street) by someone giving a speech to passersby
soapbox adjective

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