plugolan.
/plʌˈɡəʊlə/, U.S. /pləˈɡoʊlə/ Originally U.S.
Surreptitious or undeclared promotion or publicizing of a product or person, esp. on radio or television; (also occasionally) a bribe given or received for this.
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society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > illegal payment or exaction > [noun] > bribe > for promotion of product
payola1937
plugola1954
society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > types or methods of advertising > [noun] > by persistent repetition
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plugola1954
society > communication > information > publishing or spreading abroad > advertising > types or methods of advertising > [noun] > by persistent repetition > bribe
plugola1954
1954 Variety 15 Dec. 42 In a complex presentation, Hooper describes his tv plugola reports as covering nine points in all.
1957 Time 7 Jan. 67/1 One of the chiggers beneath the skins of network bigwigs and Madison Avenue operatives is the custom of the free plug, or ‘plugola’.
1959 Washington Post 7 Dec. a12/4 The nasty charges of fees collected for plugola.
1963 R. I. McDavid & D. W. Maurer Mencken's Amer. Lang. (new ed.) 213 Plugola, a subspecies [of payola]—payments to disk jockeys in return for frequently playing a record company's new recordings.
1972 Guardian 20 Dec. 4/5 Mr Whitehead spoke of ‘ideological plugola’ and went on: ‘Station licensees have final responsibility for news balance.’
1991 Boston Apr. 50/1 It's the springboard to Fat City..where sly fellows turn the notoriety acquired through public office into the real coin of the realm, plugola.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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