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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.
Protip by Urban Squirrel January 6, 2009
Word of the Day on May 31, 2022
Obvious advice sarcastically presented as sage wisdom.
Protip - don't call the cops reporting your weed stolen.
protip by Matt F . February 2, 2009
A tip intended to convert a novice to an expert.
PROTIP: To defeat the Cyberdemon, shoot at it until it dies.
protip by Zoni Nation January 14, 2008

ProTip 52 

Me: Bro we got smashed in that match, couldn't do anything
Bro: Yea, you could ProTip 52
ProTip 52 by MrSyGuy June 13, 2017
An organism that belongs in the Protista kingdom. Protists are not animals, as they are single-celled and have traits similar to cells. Protist organisms are: Amoeba, Euglena, Paramecium, Kelp, Seaweed, Protozoa, Algae, etc.
Whiplash without appendages are considered protists.
protist by EugeneY. October 8, 2007
- 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"
protip by christiandizon June 17, 2016