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plug⋅o⋅la

  [pluh-goh-luh]
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–noun Slang.
1. payment or favor given to people in media or motion pictures for favorable mention or display of a particular product or brand name.
2. promotional mention or praise of someone or something on radio or television.
Origin:
1955–60; plug + -ola
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plug·o·la   (plŭg-ō'lə)   
n.  Advertising or publicity that is intended for self-promotion and not paid for or underwritten by an independent sponsor: "fourteen minutes of traditional ads and eight of plugola" (Jessica Benson and Bill Alden).

[plug + -ola, suff.; see crapola.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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plugola [pləgˈolə]

  1. n.
    a bribe paid to get a free advertising plug(worth far more than the amount of the bribe). : The announcer was charged with accepting plugola.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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