payola (n.)youdaoicibaDictYouDict[payola 词源字典]
"graft" (especially to disc jockeys from record companies to play their music), 1938 (in a "Variety" headline), from pay off "bribery" (underworld slang from 1930) + ending from Victrola, etc. (see pianola). Compare also plugola (1959), from plug (n.) in the advertising sense.[payola etymology, payola origin, 英语词源]
deejayyoudaoicibaDictYouDict
"A disc jockey", 1950s (originally US): representing the pronunciation of DJ.