kayfabe
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thumb|Sgt. Slaughter and The Grand Wizard, both wrestling characters
Kayfabe is the portrayal of staged elements within professional wrestling (such as characters, rivalries, and storylines) as legitimate or real. Although it remains primarily a wrestling term, it has evolved into a code word for maintaining the pretense of "reality" in front of an audience.
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