kayfaben.

Brit.

/ˈkeɪfeɪb/, U.S.

/ˈkeɪˌfeɪb/

Forms: 1900s– Kay Fabe, 1900s– kay fabe, 1900s– kay-fabe, 1900s– kayfabe, 2000s– kafabe.

Origin: Of uncertain origin.

Etymology: Origin uncertain.Various etymological explanations have been offered for this word, which is often said to have originated in U.S. travelling carnivals and appears to have been coined with morphological and semantic opacity in mind. It has been interpreted as an alteration (following the conventions of back slang) of the command ‘Be fake! ’ ( < the imperative of be v. + fake adj.). Alternatively, the medial -ay- has been associated by some with the terminal element used in alterations of existing words in pig Latin (see pig Latin n. 2), as e.g. ixnay adv., ixnay v., although it is unclear which word (or words) may have served as a model. Other suggestions involving alteration of cave int. or the names of various eponymous individuals are probably apocryphal.

U.S. slang.

In professional wrestling: the fact or convention of presenting staged events, performances, and competitors' rivalries as if they were authentic or spontaneous.

ΚΠ

1988 Wrestling Observer Newslet. Yearbk. 81/2 The heels were told to stay away because of kayfabe violations, but few listened to the order.

1995 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 6 Aug. 10 Kayfabe, pro wrestling's code of secrecy in never revealing that pro wrestling is scripted.

2001 South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Electronic ed.) 27 Apr. 44 ‘He said there was no such thing as kay-fabe any more,’ said Blair, referring to the fact most wrestler secrets were exposed in the 1990s.

2005 Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune (Nexis) 10 Feb. h8 When a wrestler breaks kayfabe, that means he acted out of character.

2010 Fayetteville (N. Carolina) Observer (Nexis) 12 June World Wrestling Entertainment has been peddling the line that The Undertaker was left in a ‘vegetative state’..but this is apparently kayfabe.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	kayfabe
释义	kayfaben. Brit. /ˈkeɪfeɪb/, U.S. /ˈkeɪˌfeɪb/ Forms: 1900s– Kay Fabe, 1900s– kay fabe, 1900s– kay-fabe, 1900s– kayfabe, 2000s– kafabe. Origin: Of uncertain origin. Etymology: Origin uncertain.Various etymological explanations have been offered for this word, which is often said to have originated in U.S. travelling carnivals and appears to have been coined with morphological and semantic opacity in mind. It has been interpreted as an alteration (following the conventions of back slang) of the command ‘Be fake! ’ ( < the imperative of be v. + fake adj.). Alternatively, the medial -ay- has been associated by some with the terminal element used in alterations of existing words in pig Latin (see pig Latin n. 2), as e.g. ixnay adv., ixnay v., although it is unclear which word (or words) may have served as a model. Other suggestions involving alteration of cave int. or the names of various eponymous individuals are probably apocryphal. U.S. slang. In professional wrestling: the fact or convention of presenting staged events, performances, and competitors' rivalries as if they were authentic or spontaneous. ΚΠ 1988 Wrestling Observer Newslet. Yearbk. 81/2 The heels were told to stay away because of kayfabe violations, but few listened to the order. 1995 Los Angeles Times (Electronic ed.) 6 Aug. 10 Kayfabe, pro wrestling's code of secrecy in never revealing that pro wrestling is scripted. 2001 South Florida Sun-Sentinel (Electronic ed.) 27 Apr. 44 ‘He said there was no such thing as kay-fabe any more,’ said Blair, referring to the fact most wrestler secrets were exposed in the 1990s. 2005 Sarasota (Florida) Herald-Tribune (Nexis) 10 Feb. h8 When a wrestler breaks kayfabe, that means he acted out of character. 2010 Fayetteville (N. Carolina) Observer (Nexis) 12 June World Wrestling Entertainment has been peddling the line that The Undertaker was left in a ‘vegetative state’..but this is apparently kayfabe. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1988
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