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."