Act Naturally

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16 Responses to "Act Naturally"

Alexis Lexy says:

October 25, 2009 at 4:51 pm

So true.
Braeden says:

January 25, 2010 at 11:40 am

not necessarly a oxymoron. Some people believe that the phrase to 'Act Naturally' is an oxymoron, they think that 'Acting' means pretending and being 'natural' is the opposite of this.This comes from old fashioned and misunderstood nature of what it means to Act. To act simple means to take action, somewher along the way, the meaning became something to do with actors pretending to be other people, but essentially the key to acting is to do less pretending and more being, the key to which is action (the meaning of the word Drama in ancient Greek)
Sk8terboyjones08 says:

July 15, 2010 at 6:04 pm

cunt
Sk8terboyjones08 says:

July 15, 2010 at 11:04 pm

cunt
Nyuura says:

December 1, 2010 at 2:55 pm

Actually, in this day and age, both meanings are used. Therefore, you can assume that “Act Naturally” is using the old meaning, where people pretend to be other people.AmIRite?
nice ass says:

December 20, 2010 at 9:01 pm

lamooo
123star says:

January 17, 2011 at 10:49 am

I personally really like this one and I don't think you need to get too technical with the meaning of the words. As stated in previous comments both meanings are used of act. It makes total sense why it would be an oxymoron.
Heclqr says:

January 31, 2011 at 1:24 pm

I think it’s a great song.
Ben says:

February 9, 2011 at 10:23 pm

what if your a Siamese twin and you act like your twin? wouldn’t that be acting naturally, since your technically attached to your twin?
2018blarson says:

May 15, 2012 at 4:04 pm

I just said that today! “Okay you guys, ACT NATURAL!”
GoplerGop says:

January 6, 2013 at 7:48 am

You are right in a tricky way. If someone ask you to “act naturally”, it’s easy to perceive it as ” relax”.
HUUUUAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!! says:

February 26, 2013 at 12:04 am

KOOL
mike says:

June 5, 2013 at 7:51 pm

This is an oxymoron which consists of TWO WORDS which demonstrate exact opposites. Such as “marineland”. Most of the others in the list are not oxymorons.
Snoopdog says:

March 22, 2014 at 11:40 pm

Act means to pretend to be someone else and naturally means yourself
one direction says:

April 23, 2014 at 12:33 am

I enjoy this helped with home work
ben says:

August 18, 2020 at 2:08 pm

i think it means like be yourself? idek-

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