Usually means: Preserved fictional reality in wrestling.
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  1. Kayfabe, kayfabe: Wordnik
  2. kayfabe: Wiktionary
  3. Kayfabe: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  4. kayfabe: Merriam-Webster

Definitions from Wiktionary (kayfabe)

noun:  (professional wrestling) The act, situation, or code of portraying staged events, performances, rivalries, etc as authentic or spontaneous.
noun:  (figurative) Similar fakery or suspension of disbelief in other contexts.
adjective:  (professional wrestling) Of or related to kayfabe, especially forbidden to mention or show in order to maintain kayfabe.
verb:  (professional wrestling) To maintain kayfabe, to deceive by staying in character.

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