Stupid sounding word, anyway.

[sarren]

Hey, Americans say goosebumps, right? Not goose pimples or anything even stupider?

Is it one word or two?

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[icouldskateaway.livejournal.com]

It's regional, but in a pretty random way. An American character could say either of those without sounding strange. Goosebumps is one word, goose pimples is two.

[sarren.livejournal.com]

Yay thanks.

The online dictionary I looked at says goosebumps is two words, but I didn't believe it!

[klia.livejournal.com]

Goose bumps, goose flesh, goose pimples, depending on where you're from. I heard all three growing up, so go figure.

[sarren.livejournal.com]

Chicago?

So it's two words? Hmm, maybe I should do a poll!

[klia.livejournal.com]

Yep. I think maybe gooseflesh is 1 word, but I'm pretty sure the others are 2. Don't quote me, though.

[kremmen.livejournal.com]

According to every dictionary (that onelook.com checks) it's two words, or occasionally hyphenated. The Macquarie in my drawer agrees. As one word, it appears to apply to a book and TV series.