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- verb Present participle of
soapbox .
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Examples
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There's another form of "soapboxing" - and that's simply taking up inches of front-page column-space, so it's hard to find other articles and posts such as Gilbert & Sullivan, and posts drop off the front page more quickly.
EphBlog 2008
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But I am seeing more grandstanding, soapboxing, and lecturing than anything.
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After all the bitching and whining and soapboxing about the outrage of the AIG bonuses, it turns out that Senator Chris Dodd (D - Conn and friend of Angelo) wrote language in the stimulus bill that specifically allows the AIG bonuses to be paid out.
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If questions are allowed, then questions may be asked (although these frustrate me to no end when used as avenues for soapboxing).
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On the con side, this has led to occasions of heavy-handed, simplistic soapboxing.
It Came From the NYPL: Green Lantern/Green Arrow vol. 2 2009
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Of course, Powell, along with many other soapboxing regulators and legislators, bore much of the responsibility for the concentrating and consolidating of the media that may have reached its own climax with the disastrously synergistic CBS/MTV hookup at the Super Bowl.
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Again, I am fully aware now is not the time for soapboxing, but this article evoked something in me and you had a comment form.
Philocrites: Police: Gunman's hostility to liberalism key motive. 2008
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So if you have a video or photo of one of the candidates soapboxing, upload it to YouTube or Flickr and tag it with "mnpolitics" and it will show up on Voter Voices.
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Therefore, I suggest “soapboxing with musical accompaniment”.
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The Invalidator – A silly response to web standards soapboxing.
The Invalidator 2004
oroboros commented on the word soapboxing
Gettin' on yer High Horse and having at 'em! Treating others to your brand of grandiloquence. Perfect for articulating mind-numbing cryptophilosophy.
May 1, 2007
uselessness commented on the word soapboxing
All the world's best soapboxers are dead. We are but poor imitators of forgotten artists.
May 1, 2007
reesetee commented on the word soapboxing
Maybe if we had better soapboxes. Those plastic things that liquid soap comes in just don't have the same gravitas as the original.
May 1, 2007
uselessness commented on the word soapboxing
No kidding. I wanted to race in the soap box derby but couldn't find one big enough to drive.
May 1, 2007