soap´box´er

soap´box´er
soap|box «SOHP BOKS», noun, plural -box|es, verb, adjective.
–n.
1. a box, especially of wood, in which soap is or used to be packed.
2. an empty box used as a temporary platform by speakers addressing gatherings on the streets: »

[He] declared that “religion has an important contribution to make to political life” but that “a pulpit must never degenerate into a soapbox” (New York Times).

–v.i.
to address an audience on the public street: »

Excitedly, he joined picket lines and soapboxed at bread lines (Time).

–adj.
of or characteristic of a speaker on a soapbox; that agitates: »

soapbox oratory. Here soapbox orators were allowed to rant about everything from politics to the government ban on betel-nut chewing (Newsweek).

[American English < soap + box]
soap´box´er, noun.

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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