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Kayfabe roughly
translates
to "being
in character
" in
professional wrestling
. Wrestlers are supposed to be in kayfabe all the time during
shows
or when they're
on camera
, although this has been
relax
ed greatly in recent years. When this doesn't happen, it's known as
breaking kayfabe
. A wrestler going on a
talk show
and just being himself, for example, is a break in kayfabe.
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Kayfabe is an old
carny
term
, taken from the
pig latin
for
fake
. It applies to
much
more
than
wrestling
, but that's the place
where
it'll be
used
most openly. Kayfabe is the means of
protect
ing any
grift
or
con
from the
mark
s being
work
ed, or, to
exoteric
ize, it's how you
bullshit
to keep your secret. Kayfabe also some
time
s refers to carny
lingo
over
all
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