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Kayfabe in a sentence
Kayfabe meaning
- The act, situation, or code of portraying staged events, performances, rivalries, etc as authentic or spontaneous.
- Similar fakery or suspension of disbelief in other contexts.
Using Kayfabe
- The main meaning on this page is: The act, situation, or code of portraying staged events, performances, rivalries, etc as authentic or spontaneous. | Similar fakery or suspension of disbelief in other contexts.
- In the example corpus, kayfabe often appears in combinations such as: kayfabe in, kayfabe and, of kayfabe.
Context around Kayfabe
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 7 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 15 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Kayfabe
- In this selection, "kayfabe" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, dead, cartoonist, explaining, ranking, shoots and killing stand out and add context to how "kayfabe" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include around a kayfabe ranking system and as explaining kayfabe shoots and. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "kayfabe" sits close to words such as aaon, abbv and abdalla, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with kayfabe
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Even within the confines of kayfabe, that’s a legit gripe. (11 words)
Apparently, the ridiculously retro Johnny Swinger has accused him of “breaking kayfabe, killing the towns, and ruining the business”. (19 words)
It’s a kayfabe interview, but not one that’s gonna help the Universal champ win over his detractors. (19 words)
In February 2009, Shawn Michaels, who was under the kayfabe employment of John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL), interfered in a match and hit a superkick on JBL in front of the referee in order to get his employer the win via "outside interference". (42 words)
On the surface, it appears that Naomi in 2024 just isn’t nearly as good in kayfabe as she was back in 2017 when she was on top of the women’s division in WWE. (35 words)
Also, ODB's kayfabe husband and tag team partner Eric Young held the Knockouts Tag Team Championship for a record 478 days before it was stripped by Brooke Hogan because Young was a male. (34 words)
Example sentences (15)
Matt Hardy on how kayfabe in its previous form is dead: “Kayfabe to 1997 and earlier, that kayfabe is pretty much dead.
Kevin Eastman and Peter Laird appeared on Cartoonist Kayfabe and talked about Marvel Comics' offer to publish Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
Even within the confines of kayfabe, that’s a legit gripe.
On the surface, it appears that Naomi in 2024 just isn’t nearly as good in kayfabe as she was back in 2017 when she was on top of the women’s division in WWE.
For MJF, the weekly updates on AEW's rising star's injuries strengthen his gimmick by blurring the lines of kayfabe and reality.
Miro has been in AEW long enough now where they can book themselves around a kayfabe ranking system if they really wanted to.
They didn't go as far as explaining kayfabe, shoots, and works, but they cleared up the concerns of investors.
Apparently, the ridiculously retro Johnny Swinger has accused him of “breaking kayfabe, killing the towns, and ruining the business”.
In a rare break from kayfabe, Taker took to Instagram on Friday before the show and answered a question in the comment section about not appearing.
It’s a kayfabe interview, but not one that’s gonna help the Universal champ win over his detractors.
Kayfabe, in its original definition, referred to the solemn accord between wrestlers to ensure that everything that happened between the ropes was presented as either legitimate competition or legitimate avarice.
Also, ODB's kayfabe husband and tag team partner Eric Young held the Knockouts Tag Team Championship for a record 478 days before it was stripped by Brooke Hogan because Young was a male.
In February 2009, Shawn Michaels, who was under the kayfabe employment of John "Bradshaw" Layfield (JBL), interfered in a match and hit a superkick on JBL in front of the referee in order to get his employer the win via "outside interference".
Instead, the "rules" in this article are implemented and supposedly enforced for the sake of suspension of disbelief (known as kayfabe in the jargon of the business ).
The practice of keeping the illusion, and the various methods used to do so, came to be known as " kayfabe " within wrestling circles, or "working the marks ".
Common combinations with kayfabe
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- kayfabe in 3×
- kayfabe and 2×
- of kayfabe 2×
- as kayfabe 2×