Difference between soapbox and ido
Definitions
noun
- a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
- a crate for packing soap
Examples
Like the soapbox speakers, the cafeterias offered working-class people places to debate and discuss a wide range of issues.
But I'll get up on my soapbox about almost anything if I hear someone else express a strong opinion about it that I don't agree with.
It stretches the powers of even the most experienced muckrakers and soapbox haranguers to find the least routine and boring bits of nonsense to present to us as the news.
Definitions
noun
- an artificial language that is a revision and simplification of Esperanto
Examples
She has one annoying but lovable big brother that looks out for her, and a little sister that adores and idolizes her.
Her name means happiness, but she is a widow with five children who makes ends meet by washing clothes for the neighbourhood and preparing injera, the unleavened bread prepared today as it was 1000 years ago.
It also has superb golf courses, so if you're a bit of a golf widow, leave him to tussle in the bunker while you slink off to the spa - it's connected to the hotel by a subterranean tunnel.
