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 Prescriptivists consider these forms incorrect, but descriptivists may simply describe them as a natural evolution of language. In Latin, most second declension masculine nouns in "-us" form their plural in "-i". However, some Latin nouns ending in "-us" are not second declension ("cf." Latin grammar). For example, third declension neuter nouns such as "opus" and "corpus" have plurals "opera" and "corpora", and fourth declension masculine and feminine nouns such as "sinus" and "tribus" have plurals ' and '. Some English words derive from Latin idiosyncratically. For example, "bus" is a shortened form of "omnibus" 'for everyone', the dative plural of