Confetti the end of the 19th century, using symbolic shreds of coloured paper rather than real sweets. Confetti Confetti are small pieces or streamers of paper, mylar, or metallic material which are usually thrown at celebrations, especially parades and weddings. The origins are from the Latin "confectum", with "confetti" the plural of Italian "confetto", small sweet. Modern paper confetti trace back to symbolic rituals of tossing grains and sweets during special occasions, traditional for numerous cultures throughout history as an ancient custom dating back to pagan times, but adapted from sweets and grains to paper through the centuries. Confetti are made
Plural form of words ending in -us Plural form of words ending in -us In English, the plural form of words ending in "-us", especially those derived from Latin, often replaces "-us" with "-i". There are many exceptions, some because the word does not derive from Latin, and others due to custom ("e.g.", "campus", plural "campuses"). Conversely, some non-Latin words ending in "-us" and Latin words that did not have their Latin plurals with "-i" form their English plurals with "-i". Some words' plurals end in "-i" even though they are not Latin, or that is not the Latin plural, "e.g.", "octopi" as a plural for octopus.