pro tip

English

Alternative forms

protip, pro-tip

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

pro tip (plural pro tips)

(idiomatic) A useful piece of advice.
- 2011 April 25, Andrew Adam Newman, “Taking Pickles Out of the Afterthought Aisle”, in New York Times‎:
  Shoppers picking up ground beef, for example, encounter the stork on in-store shelf ads near the meat section, where a speech balloon near his ample beak says, "Pro tip: Serve your burgers with a Vlasic pickle. Amateur tip: Don’t."
- 2017 May 11, Ellie Gibson, “Children and video games: a parent's guide”, in The Guardian‎:
  Pro tips on which games your child should play, how long they should play for, how to limit screen time – and what to do if their friend plays violent games

Hypernyms

tip

Hyponyms

life pro tip

单词	pro tip
释义	pro tip English Alternative forms protip, pro-tip 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 pro tip (plural pro tips) (idiomatic) A useful piece of advice. 2011 April 25, Andrew Adam Newman, “Taking Pickles Out of the Afterthought Aisle”, in New York Times‎: Shoppers picking up ground beef, for example, encounter the stork on in-store shelf ads near the meat section, where a speech balloon near his ample beak says, "Pro tip: Serve your burgers with a Vlasic pickle. Amateur tip: Don’t." 2017 May 11, Ellie Gibson, “Children and video games: a parent's guide”, in The Guardian‎: Pro tips on which games your child should play, how long they should play for, how to limit screen time – and what to do if their friend plays violent games Hypernyms tip Hyponyms life pro tip See also golf pro lifehack
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