Meaningless parlor game created in
Victorian 1890's England in which the objective is to shoot "winks" into a
cup. Commonly used
today to disparagingly call something trivial and unimportant.
Guy1: Hey man I'm off to play a game of pickup volleyball at the park, want to come?
Guy2:
Nah I'm off to play some tackle
football, but you can call me when you're done playing tiddlywinks.
"I made 7 grand on the
Google IPO, but that's tiddlywinks compared to what the Sergey Brin made."