fake in pig latin==> ake fay, slightly messed around kay fabe. Y'all should have told him it's Japanese. carnies. it makes more sense how it sounds, than how it's written. Cheers guys. KAYfABE is … Being that we want to keep it REAL, it is the perfect name for our show! In English, the phrase came to mean "alert" or "lookout" and is usually used in the expression "on the qui vive." She always pushed for the business to be kept secret and avoid being exposed to paying customers. It's shitty carny pig Latin for Be fake. Kayfabe is a professional wrestling term derived from carnival lingo that means... to keep secret. Tried searching Google but no luck. EDIT: Easier to respond up here. As in its a fable, buts it's OK. You can even see her name appear in the credits of one of the first Slammys. Keep All Your Fans Always Believing Everything. I always thought it was a contraction of "ok" and "fable". Many storylines make use of kayfabe romantic relationships between two performers. Hence saying I'd already checked Google. Your close. kayfabe = "be fake" in some bastardized form of Pig Latin. Fake in some form of Pig Latin. Kayfabe is also occasionally used, very loosely, as a verb to denote all kinds of trickery. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. Is that from somewhere else or is that your personal take on it? Kaye Fabe was a woman who used to work for the WWF back in the 1980s. In the end, etymologists have struggled to pin down the origin of kayfabe. However, more than once, kayfabe romantic relationships have resulted either from a real-life relationsh… I wanted the history of the word which is more than just "old carnie saying". Bastardised Pig Latin for "Be Fake". 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. kayfabe = "be fake" in some bastardized form of Pig Latin. Yeah...I'd already checked that. Wow, that works. But thanks anyway for others who may be interested. EDIT: Easier to respond up here. So I know it is a carnival term but what does it actually mean and where did it start? Bastardised Pig Latin for "Be Fake". Very often, both participants have other real-life relationships, and the "relationship" between the two is simply a storyline. Cheers guys. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the SquaredCircle community, Press J to jump to the feed. My non wrestling watching brother just asked what Kayfabe actually means and I couldn't answer him.