Learned a new word today. “Kayfabe” helps me get a better handle on what’s happening with folks who know that we have a white supremacist terror problem in our federal, state, and local governments and who know that Reality Winner has been cruelly and unusually punished and who
My curiosity resulted in this little etymological bit: Pro wrestling can trace some of its stylistic origins back to carnivals and Catch Wrestling, where the term "kayfabe" is thought to have originated as carny slang for "protecting the secrets of the business." The term "kayfabe" itself may ultimately originate from the Pig Latin form of "fake" ("ake-fay") or the phrase "be fake."
Kayfabe may also derive from another trick used by traveling carnival workers. With money tight, a carny would call home collect and ask for "Kay Fabian." This was code letting the people at home know they had made it safely to the next town without paying for the cost of a phone call.
Because I’m a lifelong hardcore pro wrestling fan and see the term kayfabe regularly, I had to do a double take. I had to do a few of them, before realizing that this post wasn’t from one of the wrestling blogs I follow, you actually wrote it and worlds weren’t colliding in my brain. LOL.
Because I’m a lifelong hardcore pro wrestling fan and see the term kayfabe regularly, I had to do a double take. I had to do a few of them, before realizing that this post wasn’t from one of the wrestling blogs I follow, you actually wrote it and worlds weren’t colliding in my brain. LOL.
And for a bit more on that: https://ewrestling.fandom.com/wiki/Kayfabe
My curiosity resulted in this little etymological bit: Pro wrestling can trace some of its stylistic origins back to carnivals and Catch Wrestling, where the term "kayfabe" is thought to have originated as carny slang for "protecting the secrets of the business." The term "kayfabe" itself may ultimately originate from the Pig Latin form of "fake" ("ake-fay") or the phrase "be fake."
Kayfabe may also derive from another trick used by traveling carnival workers. With money tight, a carny would call home collect and ask for "Kay Fabian." This was code letting the people at home know they had made it safely to the next town without paying for the cost of a phone call.
Also gaslighting is probably a more apt term for what you’re discussing as well.
Because I’m a lifelong hardcore pro wrestling fan and see the term kayfabe regularly, I had to do a double take. I had to do a few of them, before realizing that this post wasn’t from one of the wrestling blogs I follow, you actually wrote it and worlds weren’t colliding in my brain. LOL.
Because I’m a lifelong hardcore pro wrestling fan and see the term kayfabe regularly, I had to do a double take. I had to do a few of them, before realizing that this post wasn’t from one of the wrestling blogs I follow, you actually wrote it and worlds weren’t colliding in my brain. LOL.