  == Definitions ==  Soap box 1.  Also, soap box. an improvised platform, as one on a street, from which a speaker delivers an informal speech, an appeal, or political harangue.  ha⋅rangue    /həˈræŋ/ Show Spelled Pronunciation [huh-rang] Show IPA noun, verb, -rangued, -rangu⋅ing. –noun 1.  a scolding or a long or intense verbal attack; diatribe. 2.  a long, passionate, and vehement speech, esp. one delivered before a public gathering. 3.  any long, pompous speech or writing of a tediously hortatory or didactic nature; sermonizing lecture or discourse.    kangaroo court   –noun 1.  a self-appointed or mob-operated tribunal that disregards or parodies existing principles of law or human rights, esp. one in a frontier area or among criminals in prison. 2.  any crudely or irregularly operated court, esp. one so controlled as to render a fair trial impossible.