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soapboxy

soapboxy adjective: tending to soapbox or lecture people.

Adjective

soapboxy (comparative more soapboxy, superlative most soapboxy)

  1. (informal) Tending to soapbox or lecture people.
    • He's tough and can be opinionated, and gets a little soapboxy about the environment, but he's actually a pretty great teacher.2013, Michael P. Spradlin, Killer Species #1: Menace From the Deep

Forms of soapboxy

comparativemore soapboxy
superlativemost soapboxy

Origin of soapboxy

From soapbox + -y.

Questions about soapboxy

What does soapboxy mean?
Soapboxy means tending to soapbox or lecture people.
What part of speech is soapboxy?
Soapboxy is an adjective.

Words near soapboxy in the dictionary

  1. soapboxed
  2. soapboxer
  3. soapboxers
  4. soapboxes
  5. soapboxing
  6. soapboxy
  7. soapbush
  8. soapbushes
  9. soapcurd
  10. soapcurds
  11. soapdish

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