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
