Meaning & use
kayfabe
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In professional wrestling, the practice of presenting staged, scripted events and rivalries as if they were genuine and unscripted.
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Even backstage, the wrestlers maintained kayfabe to protect the illusion for fans.
Breaking kayfabe by admitting a match was fixed could damage a wrestler's credibility with audiences.
A note on using this word
Originally wrestling insider slang, the term has spread into wider commentary about maintaining a performance or public fiction.
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