Goosebumps

[JimLin]

why are goosebumps called goosebumps?

[Quizmonster]

Tartan is, of course, right with his explanation. It may be worth mentioning, however, that 'goosebumps' is an Americanism. The standard words for this skin-condition in British English - at least until relatively recently - were 'gooseflesh' or 'goose-pimples'.

[PurplePixie]

I had a pet chicken when I was a child, called Mavis, who used to like to be tickled. She would lift her wing up & her skin was just the same...all covered 'chicken' bumps...then she'd close her eyes & fall off to sleep. Yes, I had a very strange childhood.....

[treaclefight]

i had a chicken called georgina....two strange childhoods.

[Cetti]

To complete the weird trio, a goose thought I was it's mother and developed panic attacks when it couldn't see me.

[johnroscoe]

I had heard that goose pimples are a result of a long evolutionary process, designed by mother nature to help keep your socks up in cold weather.