What it means
Tiny round doughnut bites from Tim Hortons, usually bought by the box and dumped in the middle so everybody starts pawing through for their favourites. Proper Canadian snack ammo for offices, road trips, hockey mornings, or anywhere a pack of people can absolutely rinse fifty of them without blinking.
Usage examples
"I swung by Timmies and grabbed a 50-pack of Timbits for the team, plus a couple double-doubles. The honey dip ones vanished before the meeting started."
"The hockey moms always bring Timbits to the rink on Saturday morning, two boxes of fifty for the team, and the goalie mum sneaks the honey dip ones for herself before warm-up."
"On road trips between Toronto and Ottawa we stop at every Timmies on the four hundred and one for Timbits, gas and washroom, in that exact order, every single time."
"Grabbed a box of Timbits for the car and somehow we were down to the last two before we even hit the highway."
"Coach said practice starts at eight, so obviously half the kids showed up powered by Timbits and chaos."
Where it comes from
Tim Hortons introduced Timbits in 1976 as its house name for doughnut holes. It’s a straight little brand mash of Tim and bits, and in Canada it fully escaped the menu board. Now people say Timbits and mean the whole social ritual too: the box, the sharing, the fast sugar stampede.
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