Words of the decade

Cellulite: fat became too small a word for this particular form of lumpy flesh

Kiwi fruit: New Zealand producers renamed the Chinese gooseberry to make it politically acceptable to US consumers

Laser: took its name in 1960 from the first letters of "light amplification by the stimulated emission of radiation"

Mini: the skirt and the car were all the rage

Sexist: increasing awareness of gender discrimination hatched this word in 1965