Bughouse Square

noun

1. Informal. any intersection or park mall in a big city where political zealots, agitators, folk evangelists, etc., congregate to argue and make soapbox speeches.

Word History and Origins

Origin of Bughouse Square¹

An Americanism dating back to 1920–25

Example Sentences

She also sold a middle-grade novel, coming in 2020; signed up as a consulting producer on W. Kamau Bell’s CNN series, “United Shades of America”; and began hosting a new podcast, “Bughouse Square,” inspired by the archives of another Chicago gadfly, Studs Terkel.

From New York Times

And Bughouse Square, a park that became famous as a public soapbox for leftist orators.

From Seattle Times