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soapbox

Especially when only tangentially relevant to an ongoing discussion.
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He's been on his soapbox all day about the new football coach.

Submitted on September 01, 2009

Additional definitions for 'soapbox':

soapboxA 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.
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