Soapbox
Named digital service
A soapbox is a makeshift platform for impromptu public speaking—originally a wooden crate used to ship soap.
Someone on a soapbox is delivering opinions forcefully, often unsolicited: He got on his soapbox about government waste.
The term usually carries a hint of self-righteousness or repetitive complaint.
Soapbox derby names gravity-powered racing for homemade cars, from the boxes kids once built them from.
Container for transport
- standUpright support structure
- pedestalSupport for statuary
- makeshiftTemporary, improvised substitute
- woodenMade from timber
street corner · improvised · elevation · perch · rostrum · dais · Hyde Park · town square
Oral communication ability
- rantAngry prolonged outburst
- tiradeExtended angry speech
- diatribeBitter, prolonged verbal attack
- harangueAggressive lengthy scolding
lecture · monologue · preaching · declaiming · grandstanding · pontificating · sermonizing · speechifying
Public expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- rallyGathering for a cause
- causeWhat produces an effect
- advocacyPleading for a cause
crusade · campaigning · agitation · dissent · reform · movement · grassroots · petition
crate
Container for transport
wooden · street corner · improvised · elevation · perch · rostrum · dais · Hyde Park · town square · plaza
speech
Oral communication ability
harangue · lecture · monologue · preaching · declaiming · grandstanding · pontificating · sermonizing · speechifying · railing
protest
Public expression of disapproval
- demonstrationPublic display of opinion
- rallyGathering for a cause
- causeWhat produces an effect
advocacy · crusade · campaigning · agitation · dissent · reform · movement · grassroots · petition · picketing
racing
Speed competition sport
wheels · homemade · cart · racer · competition · childhood · Akron · steering · ramp · hill
Soapboxaudience
Gathered viewers collectively
listener · bystander · spectator · listening ear · silence
Soapboxdialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
conversation · roundtable · discussion · town hall · Socratic method
Soapboxdiscretion
Careful judgment in speech
reticence · humility · silence · keeping one's counsel · reserve
- on a soapbox
- soapbox carUnpowered downhill racer
- soapbox derbyYouth coasting competition