Merriam-Webster recommends adding “austere” into your vocabulary as a way to “enrich a conversation without sounding ridiculous.” The word means to be “marked by rigorous restraint, simplicity, or self-denial” and can be used to replace other descriptive words like “simple” or “plain.” And for words that just made it into the dictionary, here are 20 Words You Won’t Believe Are in the Dictionary Now. Susan Mackey-Kallis, an associate professor at Villanova University who teaches public speaking, told The New York Times that using the word “like” too often is a surefire way to make yourself sound less intelligent, especially to those older than you....

“Mold is a lot easier to prevent than it is to remove, so I suggest taking all the necessary precautions to avoid dealing with this problem [before it starts],” Tim Wells, founder of Garage Transformed tells Best Life. Read on to discover the mistakes that could be making your mold situation much worse, according to cleaning experts. READ THIS NEXT: If Your Plants Are Dying, This Simple Trick Will Revive Them....

READ THIS NEXT: 5 Secrets From Former Hilton Employees. Taking a bath while on vacation certainly sounds luxurious, but it might be just the opposite, according to Daniel Morris, former housekeeper in Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia and current operator of Fire and Saw. “Many of the apartments and hotel suites I cleaned had spa baths in the bathroom,” Morris tells Best Life. “Every couple of weeks we would run a special cleaner through the spa that would remove a lot of the gunk that builds up through use....

While watching your partner do chores is sexy across the board, men are a bit more excited by it, with 61 percent of male respondents saying it was a turn-on as compared to 56 percent of women. What is it that makes watching our loved one scrub the counter so attractive? “It’s a combination of feeling appreciated, a sense of teamwork, and partnership,” suggests author and psychotherapist Jennifer Hamady. Additionally, Hamady points out that having someone complete chores could fall into one of the five love languages, which describe the ways people give and receive love....

RELATED: If You and Your Spouse Do This Together, You’re 3.5 Times More Likely to Divorce. While relationships can come to an end for many different reasons, one partner may know sooner than the other that he or she wants to separate. In a 2015 study published in the American Sociological Association, researcher Michael J. Rosenfeld set out to discover which gender in a heterosexual marriage was the most often to initiate a divorce....

RELATED: If Your Hair Is Thinning Here, Get Your Thyroid Checked, Doctors Warn. We all know that eating a diet high in fatty foods is not good for us—it can cause weight gain and issues like high cholesterol and high blood pressure, which can lead to serious health problems down the line. But research from a 2021 study published in the journal Nature found that consuming fatty foods, like processed meat and anything fried, can also contribute to hair loss....

RELATED: Over 65? Don’t Forget to Do This After Boarding, Flight Attendant Warns. Since April 1, Alaska Airlines has canceled hundreds of flights due to a pilot shortage brought on by a labor dispute. The disruption saw 111 flights canceled on the first day—or 15 percent of its total operations—and 77 flights on April 2, CNN reports. According to the airline, more than 12,000 customers have so far been affected by the groundings....

RELATED: Walmart Is Getting Rid of This, Effective Immediately. RELATED: For more retail news delivered straight to your inbox, sign up for our daily newsletter. The store will sell both women and men’s clothes, as well as shoes and accessories. “We believe our unique store design, our advanced technology and thoughtful curation will make it easier than ever for customers to have an inspiring, convenient, enjoyable and ultimately successful shopping experience,” Vasen told USA Today....

RELATED: The One Guest Anderson Cooper Banned From His Show. Watch the full segment here: After spending a lot of time at home with baby Wyatt during the pandemic, Anderson finally had to get back to traveling for work. When he was away, he missed a monumental moment in Wyatt’s life, the journalist told late-night host Stephen Colbert on June 16. “I was going to Israel last week. It was my first work trip for 60 Minutes, and I was doing an interview, and I get this text from Wyatt’s other dad, Benjamin,” Anderson recalled....

According to Will Humble, MPH, a former director of Arizona Health Service, there are two primary reasons for Arizona’s flattening curve of cases, he told Fox 10 Phoenix. First, Gov. Doug Ducey has been encouraging mask-wearing on a regional and as-needed basis. And secondly, he shut down drinking establishments across the state, the very institutions which many believe led to the spike in COVID-19 cases. The crowded indoor environments of bars and nightclubs bring together inebriated people, shouting to be heard over loud music....

RELATED: This Zodiac Sign Is the Biggest Backstabber, Astrologers Warn. Mercury’s first retrograde period began on Jan. 14 and ended on Feb. 3. The second Mercury retrograde will last from May 10 to June 3, and the third period of retrograde will begin on Sept. 9 and last through Oct. 2. We’ll have a final bonus retrograde at the end of the year that will begin on Dec. 29, 2022 and end next year—on Jan....

As an opening question during a town hall event hosted by CNN on Feb. 16, the president was asked by host Anderson Cooper when vaccines would be available and ready to distribute to the general public. “By the end of July, we will have 600 million doses, enough to vaccinate every single American,” Biden replied, clarifying that they will “be available” by that date to start rolling out. “The clear notion is if you’re eligible, if it’s available, get the vaccine,” he urged later in the event....

READ THIS NEXT: The Moment Michelle Pfeiffer Realized She Was “In a Cult”. Following the announcement of his split from Jolie in 2017, Pitt opened up about his struggles with addiction. “I can’t remember a day since I got out of college when I wasn’t boozing or had a spliff, or something. Something,” the Fight Club star told GQ at the time. While Pitt notes that he quit hard drugs when he became a father, he admitted that alcohol became an increasingly troubling crutch....

Cunningham’s American-born mother is HRH Princess Charlotte Phyllis Anne Joelle Marie of Luxembourg, and his father is Mark Victor Cunningham. The couple met at the University of Oxford and married in France in 1993. Cunningham’s education is very on-brand for nobility—he followed in both parents’ footsteps and graduated from the University of Oxford. Ranked the sixth best college in the world, Edward VII (1859) and Edward VIII (1912) are other notable royal alumni....

The study centered on one grocery store in Boston, Massachusetts with 104 employees. In May of this year, the entire team was subjected to coronavirus tests, as part of a mandatory testing policy issued by the city. “One in five (21 out of 104) workers tested positive for SARS-CoV-2, indicating a prevalence of 20 percent at that point in time. This was significantly higher than the prevalence of the infection in the local community at the time: 0....

Although some pretty controversial people have passed through the franchise’s mansion, Harrison said O’Connell was the only Bachelor or Bachelorette he ever had an issue with. “Really, the only one I think I had a hard time getting along with was Charlie O’Connell back in the day,” Harrison told Us Weekly in a January interview. O’Connell, the brother of actor Jerry O’Connell, was on the seventh season of The Bachelor in 2005....

As Buzzfeed reports, photographers captured Puth walking to his car in sweat shorts, a backwards baseball cap, and tennis shoes, holding his t-shirt in his hand. The “See You Again” singer is seen talking on the phone and also carrying a water bottle, having just finished a workout. And for more stars dealing with body shamers, check out Serena Williams’ Husband Defends Her Against Body Shaming Comment. The photos quickly hit the internet, and while plenty of his fans were happy to see new shots of the artist, trolls also came out of the woodwork....

READ THIS NEXT: If You Have This Popular TV Provider, Prepare to Lose Access to Football. Cable subscription services aren’t cheap, but as Americans watch about three hours of TV every day, they’re often considered a necessity. On average, cable TV plans will run you approximately $87 each month, according to CableTV.com, with costs ranging from $20 to $250 each month. Streaming services, on the other hand, allow you to pick and choose what you want to subscribe to....

READ THIS NEXT: 8 Warnings to Shoppers From Ex-Costco Employees. Costco may be notorious for sticking to its guns when it comes to the price of hot dogs, but it’s not entirely immune to change. For example, in May, the company announced that it would be dropping the mortgage program it launched for its members just two years earlier. While the retailer didn’t cite a specific reason for the change, some users on Reddit speculated at the time that it was somehow connected to the state of the housing market, Eat This, Not That!...

When the actor spoke to Marie Claire in February 2018, she singled out a sequence from that year’s Fifty Shades Freed, the third movie in the trilogy, as the “most difficult one by far.” The scene takes place in Christian’s Red Room, where he restrains Anastasia.ae0fcc31ae342fd3a1346ebb1f342fcb “I was handcuffed with my arms and legs to the gate,” Johnson recalled of filming the scene. “It’s like a fence thing that comes down....