confetti
noun
con·fet·ti
kən-ˈfe-tē 
: small bits or streamers of brightly colored paper made for throwing (as at weddings)
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Busy cleaning up confetti on New Year’s Day?
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Staff Author, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Dec. 2025
Inside, guests enjoyed multiple flavors — black-and-white cake with fudge, chocolate cake with fudge and confetti cake with buttercream — along with a gluten-free, dairy-free chocolate truffle layer to accommodate the bride’s dietary needs.
—Staff Author, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
Metrics That Matter The ROI of an event isn’t the confetti on the floor.
—Elle Chan, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2025
Thank you all for the confetti shower of support and friendship throughout the years.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Dec. 2025
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Staff Author, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Dec. 2025
Inside, guests enjoyed multiple flavors — black-and-white cake with fudge, chocolate cake with fudge and confetti cake with buttercream — along with a gluten-free, dairy-free chocolate truffle layer to accommodate the bride’s dietary needs.
—Staff Author, PEOPLE, 26 Dec. 2025
Metrics That Matter The ROI of an event isn’t the confetti on the floor.
—Elle Chan, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2025
Thank you all for the confetti shower of support and friendship throughout the years.
—Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 22 Dec. 2025
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“Confetti.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/confetti. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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confetti
noun
con·fet·ti
kən-ˈfet-ē
: small bits of brightly colored paper made for throwing (as at weddings)
Etymology
from Italian confetti, plural of confetto "a little candy or bonbon"; so named because the paper bits were originally imitations of the candies thrown at festivals
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