Trying to impress others too hard
The gangly man in white act step by wearing his aviators indoors.
When something that looks like it would be in a cartoon, that's a goofy act.
"Did you see the guy who got hit by a car then clubbed in the head with a bat then exploded?"
"Yeah that shit was a goofy act"
An acting chief is the person in charge of an organization that doesn’t put trust in him. The term acting is used because the person is just doing that: acting. They have the duties of a regular chief but are not trusted enough to be given the title.
The acting chief tried to get the budget approved but was told to change it because it was a mess
Something to do on a day like random acts of kindness day, or any other day of insincere bullshit people are doing for show, to save their image.
Guy- What's the first thing you're going to do on random acts of kindness day?
Other guy- Acts of unkindness.
Acting weird, fake, out of character, or even acting showery
“Man I’m not sure what’s going on with Reggie… ever since he started hanging around those new guys, he’s been acting joe!”
A act of making your own rules, even if the grounds for those rules are shaky or non-existent. Results may very under the Cornwill Act and are lucky to not be challenged.
See that guy there he uses the Cornwill Act at work and gets results. Good thing his boss doesn’t know.
A form of acting where it only requires one's voice to express emotions or provide information to the audiences, ranging from presenting characters, to narrating an event that unfolds in the scene. The individual who performs this type of act is also refered to as voice actors/actresses, voice artists, dubbing artists, voice talent, voice-over artists, or voice-over talent.
Friend: Dude! The voice acting in that video was so so good! I genuinely cried along with the protagonist after seeing the things it had to go through.
You: Oh really!? Thanks man.
Friend: Hold up! Are you?
You: (Changes voice) Ah yes old chap, I am.
Friend: OH MY GOD! Can I hug you?
You: Oh how kind of you. Absolutely :)