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
Language and the euro were previously applied to guilder coinage and banknotes are sometimes applied to euro currency. Examples in the Netherlands include "stuiver" for 5 cents, "dubbeltje" for 10 cents. However, the word "kwartje" (quarter), previously used for a guilder coin worth ƒ0.25, did not survive the introduction of the euro, which lacks a coin worth €0.25. Another popular slang term is the plural form "euri" () (or even the double plural "euries" ()), a deliberate hypercorrect form referring to the plural of Dutch words of Latin or Italian origin. In Belgium, some Flemings refer to the 1-, 2- and 5-cent coins as