Confetti

8-year-old: Do you want me to throw the confetti in my pocket?

Mom: No not in the car! Why do you have confetti in your pocket?

8-year-old: It's emergency confetti, I carry it everywhere in case there is good news.

~ Ana the Distracted Gardener

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Confetti comes from the Latin conficere which means "put together" and later, also Latin, confectum - "something prepared." In this case, the 8-year-old in the conversation above is really embracing the Latin roots of confetti. Way to go, 8-year-old.