goose pimples

A Dictionary of Psychology

goose pimples n. A colloquial name for piloerection when it occurs in skin that is not thickly covered in hair. Also called goose flesh or goose bumps. See also tickle.[So called because of resemblance to the skin of a freshly plucked fowl]

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