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.

[klia.livejournal.com]

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

[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.