protip

English

Etymology

pro (“professional”) +‎ tip. Originally ProTip, name for small pieces of gameplay advice used as screenshot captions in GamePro magazine. The advice in a hoax version of a ProTip for id Software's Doom ("To defeat the Cyberdemon, shoot at it until it dies") was so comically obvious that it later became an Internet catchphrase.

Noun

protip (plural protips)

  1. (Internet slang, often sarcastic) A tip given by a professional.
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