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Obvious advice sarcastically presented as sage wisdom.
Protip - don't call the cops reporting your weed stolen.
A tip intended to convert a novice to an expert.
PROTIP: To defeat the Cyberdemon, shoot at it until it dies.
- an unrelated comment or response to something.
- originating from Dan & Phil's "Glitter Faces" YouTube craft video, wherein they keep saying "protip". And that's when every comment section on YouTube was destroyed.
A: "Her shirt looks amazing."
B: "PROTIP"
A: "John broke up with me and I don't know what to do."
B: "PROTIP"
A: "Don't cry, craft."
B: "PROTIP"
n. to distill important knowledge about a subject and share it with those new to said subject.
often used in internet forums to criticize new members if they break the forum rules.
New member: hey everybody! a/s/l??
Experienced member: protip: this forum is ALL male.
An idiotic synonym for "tip", primarily used my condescending morons who erroneously believe they are dispensing expert adivce. It's a stupid Internet meme that will not die.
Protip: using the word "protip" makes you seem a mentally-defective jackass.
To offer advice or suggestion to resolve a problem. Often used in context of emphasizing common sense, a very strong opinion, or to belittle/mock a person's point of view.
Likely taken from GamePro magazine, which used the term as early as 1989 in conjunction with screengrabs of video to capture reader's attention to offer advice on completing video games and tying the term into the publication's title.
Protip: Don't raise your voice or joke about guns at the security station in an airport: you're asking for trouble if you do.
A joke made by the Phandom, from the video 'Glitter Faces' by DanAndPhilCRAFTS.
It's the april fools joke of 2016 and the evolution of "Don't Cry, CRAFT!"
Posted on every comment on every video of youtube to annoy non-phandom members.
Person 1: "Hey, cool jacket dude!"
Person 2: "Agreed."
Phandom member (aka. in this case Me): "PROTIP"