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soapbox

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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.

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soapbox

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Especially when only tangentially relevant to an ongoing discussion.

He's been on his soapbox all day about the new football coach.

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