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goose bumps
(redirected from horripilation)

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goose bumps or goose pimples: see gooseflesh gooseflesh, temporary rumpling of the skin into tiny bumps, also called goose bumps and goose pimples, and technically known as cutis ansirina. In response to cold or certain emotional states, such as fear or rage, the smooth muscles of the subsurface layer
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WASHINGTON -- David Pruden insisted he didn't experience any horripilation Wednesday as he sailed through three rounds of the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
Daniel's remark that "nationalism is the horripilation of culture in insecurity and fright" (Charred, p.
 
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