soap box
Improvised platform for speeches
A soap box is a makeshift platform for public speaking, from the days when wooden crates that held bars of soap served this purpose.
The term now refers to any impromptu forum for expressing opinions, especially passionate or preachy ones.
To get on one's soap box is to launch into a lecture: Sorry, I'll get off my soap box now.
Also spelled soapbox.
Raised flat structure
- podiumRaised platform for speakers
- orationFormal public speech
- pulpitChurch speaking platform
- megaphonePortable voice amplifier
street corner · harangue · tirade · rant · preach · declaim · pontificate · spout
Way of seeing things
- stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
- beliefTrust held as true
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
- convictionFirmly held belief
ideology · editorial · commentary · diatribe · polemic · dogma · screed · thesis
platform
Raised flat structure
megaphone · street corner · harangue · tirade · rant · preach · declaim · pontificate · spout · lecture
viewpoint
Way of seeing things
- stanceStanding posture or viewpoint
- beliefTrust held as true
- perspectiveAttitude or spatial rendering
conviction · ideology · editorial · commentary · diatribe · polemic · dogma · screed · thesis · argument
advocacy
Pleading for a cause
protest · rally · demonstration · grassroots · petition · boycott · reform · justice · rights · equality
derby
Open-entry competition
wheels · ramp · homemade · cart · coaster · race · DIY · childhood · build · competition
- soap holdersceramic dish, glass dish
- gift wrapgift bag, gift tags, tissue, bows, curling ribbon
- wire drawingdie, coiler, spooler, straightener, capstan
soap boxlectern
Tilted stand for texts
podium · pulpit · bully pulpit · throne · ivory tower
soap boxsilence
Total lack of sound
reticence · taciturnity · muteness · tight lips · biting one's tongue
soap boxdialogue
Spoken exchange between parties
conversation · round table · discussion forum · town hall · listening session