tipster
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]- From tip (etymology 5) + -ster.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]tipster (plural tipsters)
- A person who provides tips or advice to others, for example on the form of racehorses or the stock market. [from later 19th c.]
- (video games, informal) One who provides tips or hints on how to succeed at a game.
- 1987 June, CRASH, number 41:
- Absent from the pages of CRASH for a year, ex-tipster Robin Candy returns and puts finger to key to debate the state of the games software industry.
- 1994, “Amiga Power”, in magazine, number 42:
- Those are the two choice words top tipster Rich Pelley used to describe the monthly helpathon that is the one and only COMPLETE CONTROL.
- 1995, Stephen Smith, “Zub - Hidden Game?”, in comp.sys.sinclair (Usenet):
- Does anybody know what Jon Riglar is doing now? (SU Tipster for about 6 years - Zapchat!).