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I’ve never once heard anyone ever refer to them as anything other than “Timbits”, just as I’ve never heard anyone ask me to pass them a “facial tissue”, and I’ve never heard of “hook and loop fastener” shoes. The word got genericized.

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That was because Tim’s was the only place, that’s since been changed a decade ago and hasn’t been the case since then.

It’s not a genericized term like Kleenex and escalator, sorry.

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In every place I’ve been to in Canada and every to every Canadian I’ve known, yes it is.

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Other places absolutely can’t advertise as Timbits, that’s a trademarked name.

Don’t make shit up dude.

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It is in Canada. You show any Canadian the picture in this post, and they will tell you it’s a timbit.

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