soapbox

[sohp-boks] /ˈsoʊpˌbɒks/

noun

Also, soap box. an improvised platform, as one on a street, from which a speaker delivers an informal speech, an appeal, or political harangue.

adjective

of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a speaker or speech from a soapbox.

Origin

1650-60; soap + box¹

Examples from the web for soapbox

They won't go away, but you take their soapbox away and that hurts more than anything else.
If the objective to promote a partisan agenda, and not science, then the comments should be directed to some other soapbox.
The soapbox of the digital age draws a crowd of academics.
Solid on the soapbox but slipping in polls election.
Imagine if they would simply speak their mind using the media council seat as a soapbox.
He wasn't about to stand on a freedom-of-speech soapbox.
And he should do that from his soapbox with respect and deference once he steps outside his field of authority.
If you are wise, you climb down from the soapbox of ideology and try to see them steadily.
Those who cannot understand this, please do not use my friends sadness as your soapbox.
Okay, soapbox is coming out of the closet, so standby.

British Dictionary definitions for soapbox

soapbox

/ˈsəʊpˌbɒks/

noun

a box or crate for packing soap

a crate used as a platform for speech-making

a child's homemade racing cart consisting of a wooden box set on a wooden frame with wheels and a steerable front axle

Slang definitions & phrases for soapbox

soapbox

noun

The attitude from which one orates, pontificates, counsels urgently, etc: Be careful or she'll get on the old soapbox and preach about fiscal iniquity (1907+)