Kayfabe

Quick meaning: Kayfabe is a noun meaning (professional wrestling) The act, situation, or code of portraying staged events, performances, rivalries, etc as authentic or spontaneous.

Meaning

(professional wrestling) The act, situation, or code of portraying staged events, performances, rivalries, etc as authentic or spontaneous.

More Meanings

1. (figurative) Similar fakery or suspension of disbelief in other contexts.
2. (professional wrestling) Of or related to kayfabe, especially forbidden to mention or show in order to maintain kayfabe.
3. (professional wrestling) To maintain kayfabe, to deceive by staying in character.

Example Sentences

I've been breaking kayfabe a lot lately and it's bad, completely unprofessional.

He joked around with me and had me laughing so hard that it was tough not to feel silly about being "kayfabed.

My wife... currently serves as a Florida State Senator... My kayfabe wife has enormous fake breasts, bleach blonde hair, and a nose that is too small for her face.

...Mascaras was never one of the boys. Here's an example: after his matches, he'd shower with his mask on. I understand protecting your image, but the guy was kayfabing us.

Word Forms

• Kay Fabe
• kay fabe
• kay-fabe
• kayfabes
• kayfabing
• kayfabed

Synonyms for kayfabe

Depending on context, synonyms include work, theatrics, worked.

Antonyms for kayfabe

Common opposites include shoot.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include kay-fabe, fakement, fabulation, fakeloo, front, flake.

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