Kayfabe Has Officially Made It Into The Dictionary

Kayfabe is a pretty legendary word in the world of wrestling but the word just got a whole lot more legitimate. Oxford Dictionaries released their list of new words from the wide world of pop culture and kayfabe made the cut. You can check out the official definition below.

kayfabe

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.