kayfabe

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The act, situation, or code of portraying staged events, performances, rivalries, etc as authentic or spontaneous.
2001 April 27, Alex Marvez, "Grappling for the Right Words?", https://web.archive.org/web/20180813121041/http://articles.sun-sentinel.com/ ''South Florida Sun-Sentinel'', p. 44:

"Brisco|Jack, Solie|Gordon and I were talking about how we heard (w) do an interview where he said there was no such thing as kay-fabe any more," said Leslie Blair|Blair, referring to the fact most wrestler secrets were exposed in the 1990s.

2006, Billy Graham|Eldridge Wayne Coleman & al., https://books.google.com/books?id=B4wHqptt_j8C ''Tangled Ropes'', (ISBN), p. 143:

Suddenly, I heard a shout behind me: "''Kayfabe! Kayfabe!''" It was Gagne|Gagne, freaking out and twitching and gesturing. He was afraid that some of the marks would see us in such close proximity and wonder why I wasn't choking out McDaniel|Wahoo with the velvet rope leading to the reservation counter, or carving him up with the ticket agent's pen. The thing was that, with the exception of the Wrestling Association|AWA guys, the terminal was empty.

2013, Saul Lemerond, "Cowboys in Rainbow City", https://books.google.com/books?id=hWcmAgAAQBAJ ''Kayfabe & Other Stories'', (ISBN), p. 45:

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

Similar fakery or of disbelief in other contexts.
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2017 September 29, (w), "Roy Moore: Gladiator", https://www.nationalreview.com/ ''National Review'':

The Party (United States)|Republican brand will be tarnished even more as mainstream media outlets and late-night comedians gleefully broadcast Moore|Moore’s asininity to the broader public. But, yeah, sure: It’ll be entertaining for people who now follow politics like it’s one long pro-wrestling kayfabe.

Of or related to kayfabe, ''especially'' forbidden to mention or show order to maintain kayfabe.
2013, Saul Lemerond, "Cowboys in Rainbow City", https://books.google.com/books?id=hWcmAgAAQBAJ ''Kayfabe & Other Stories'', (ISBN), pp. 43–4:

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.

To maintain kayfabe, to deceive by staying character.
2006, Billy Graham|Eldridge Wayne Coleman & al., https://books.google.com/books?id=B4wHqptt_j8C ''Tangles Ropes'', (ISBN), p. 97:

...Máscaras|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''.

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