Confetti 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 in a variety of colors, and commercially available confetti come in many different shapes. A distinction
Plural form of words ending in -us "omnis", and "ignoramus" is a verb form, 'we do not know'. "Syllabus" is a Late Latin (16th c.) word, derived from a misreading of the Greek "sittybos" "table of contents"; since it is not a classical word, it does not have a classical plural. The English plural of "virus" is "viruses". In most speaking communities, this is non-controversial and speakers would not attempt to use the non-standard plural in -"i". However, in computer enthusiast circles in the late 20th century and early 21st, the non-standard "viri" form (sometimes even "virii") was well-attested, generally in the context of computer viruses. "Viri"