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plugola

UK/plʌˈɡəʊlə/US/plʌˈɡoʊlə/

plugola noun: undeclared or illicit publicity or product promotion, especially on radio or television.

Noun

plugola (usually uncountable, plural plugolas)

  1. (US, informal, usually) Undeclared or illicit publicity or product promotion, especially on radio or television.
    • Both radio and television management must be watchful for instances of staff payola and plugola.2006, Susan Tyler Eastman, Douglas A. Ferguson, Robert A. Klein, editors, Media Promotion and Marketing for Broadcasting, Cable, and the Internet, page 22
    • Portland's TV stations regularly employ plugola in news programming as a way of promoting parent network programming […].2007, Carey L Higgins, Gerald Sussman, edited by Gibson & Lowes, Urban Communication: Production, Text, Context, page 151

Forms of plugola

pluralplugolas

Origin of plugola

From plug + -ola. Compare to payola.

Words that rhyme with plugola

48 more rhymesFewer rhymes

Questions about plugola

What does plugola mean?
Plugola means undeclared or illicit publicity or product promotion, especially on radio or television.
What part of speech is plugola?
Plugola is a noun.
How do you pronounce plugola?
Plugola is pronounced /plʌˈɡoʊlə/ (US).
What is the plural of plugola?
The plural of plugola is plugolas.

Words near plugola in the dictionary

  1. pluginization
  2. plugins
  3. plugless
  4. pluglessness
  5. pluglike
  6. plugola
  7. plugolas
  8. plugpoint
  9. plugpoints
  10. plugs
  11. plugs and plays

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