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The Pro-Wrestling Term"Kayfabe" Has Been Added To The Oxford Dictionary

Posted By: Ben Kerin on Aug 27, 2015

The Pro-Wrestling Term"Kayfabe" Has Been Added To The Oxford Dictionary

Oxford Dictionaries has released their annual list of pop culture words added to their dictionary and 'KAYFABE' has made it this year.

"Probably not familiar to those outside the world of pro wrestling, the term kayfabe refers to ‘the fact or convention of presenting staged performances as genuine or authentic’. The origin of the word is uncertain, although it is often said to have arisen in American travelling carnivals. The word has been interpreted by some as being an alteration of ‘be fake’ backwards, while the -ay- element is typical of the way words are formed in Pig Latin."


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