'Kayfabe' Added To Oxford Dictionary
And they try to tell us kayfabe is dead...
"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."And they try to tell us kayfabe is dead... To qualify for this list, words quite frankly just need to be words. Nothing more. They're taken quite literally from anywhere as the site describes as being 'from television shows to 1980s films to Shakespeare. From Japanese manga to the world of professional wrestling.' Other words on the new list include the likes of MacGyver, holodeck, hoverboard and mecha. It's a bit of a surprise that it has taken this long for kayfabe to work its way on to a list like this. Ever since wrestling's first major boom in the mid-80s especially, all sorts of news outlets have been out to get the profession of wrestling and prove it's the dreaded F-word (f*ke).