-ola
a formative of no precise significance found in a variety of commercial coinages (Crayola; granola; Victrola) and jocular variations of words (crapola).
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).
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How to use -ola in a sentence
A woman in Nashville whose husband just graduated from law school and is making $37,000 called their life a “strugg-ola.”
I connected with OLA, along with several co-conspirators, a few weeks after the encampment began on the Sukkot holiday.
Some of the leadership and folks of OLA were deeply suspicious of religious involvement.
Our initial gathering morphed into the Interfaith Sanctuary at OLA.
Among the participants was Ola Abdelrahman, a 15-year-old from New Jersey, who was taking the memory plunge for the second time.
At this moment Grim entered, and perceived at once that Ola Klemmerud was amusing the company at his son's expense.
Boyhood in Norway | Hjalmar Hjorth BoyesenWhereupon he knocked off Ola's cap, rumpled his hair, and gave his nose such a pull that it was a wonder it did not come off.
Boyhood in Norway | Hjalmar Hjorth BoyesenOla Simonsen having been safely deposited on board, Nils Petter handed up a number of items in addition.
Dry Fish and Wet | Anthon Bernhard Elias NilsenOla, noticing the direction of his glance, observed consolingly that it ought to be a welcome present.
Dry Fish and Wet | Anthon Bernhard Elias NilsenAt last I nodded to Ola Bugta; but he didn't nod back; he just turned his quid in his mouth.
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