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Wednesday Word of the Day: Goosebumps

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Goosepumps are also called goosepimples
You can get goosebumps when you are cold or frightened.

 

goosebumps

Use this word when you feel cold and  your skin starts to changed like bird skin.
Goose is one of birds’ name, so most of bird skin is similar with people’s when they feel cold.

Koreans used to call “chicken skin” Japanese used to say “bird skin”

Most of country’s expressions are related birds and Americans also call ‘goose skin’

 

Ex: Look at my goosebumps!! Because of the cold weather my skin looks really weird.

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