1.a formative of no precise significance found in a variety of commercial coinages (Crayola; granola; Victrola) and jocular variations of words (crapola).
2.a
suffix extracted from
payola, used in coinages that have the general sense “bribery, especially covert payments to an entertainment figure in return for promoting a product, making an appearance, etc.”
(playola; plugola).
Origin: apparently <
Italian or
Latin -ola diminutive suffix; see
-ole1,
-ule