soapbox

[sohp-boks]

soap·box

[sohp-boks]
noun
1.
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
2.
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of a speaker or speech from a soapbox.

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Soapbox is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.

Origin:
1650–60; soap + box1
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soapbox (ˈsəʊpˌbɒks)
 
n
1.  a box or crate for packing soap
2.  a crate used as a platform for speech-making
3.  a child's homemade racing cart consisting of a wooden box set on a wooden frame with wheels and a steerable front axle

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