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#2 (permalink) Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:09 pm give someone the creeps |
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#3 (permalink) Fri Oct 23, 2009 12:57 pm give someone the creeps |
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I've seen the expression "to give goosebumps" (="to cause the erection of hairs") in positive contexts quite often. "Her singing voice gives me goosebumps!" You can always specify "goosebumps of excitement/some-nice-feeling" to guarantee appropriateness - but I'm not sure whether this would work for "shivers" or "creeps", as these do sound negative /horror-related.
You can see an association with "excitement" in this Merriam-Webster dictionary entry. There is also a good example in a joke by Dane Cook; in the CD "Retaliation", Disc 1, track 12 - "Dream House", you must pay attention from 2m25s (for context) to hear a clear example of "positive goosebumps" around 2m40s. (I'm not posting links due to possible copyright issues, but you can easily Google "Dane Cook"+"Dream House" and watch a clip right now).
Goosebumping cheers! Planta |
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Planta I'm new here and I like it ;-)
Joined: 18 Oct 2009 Posts: 41 Location: Brazil, São Paulo
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#4 (permalink) Fri Oct 23, 2009 20:38 pm give someone the creeps |
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Planta wrote: | I've seen the expression "to give goosebumps" (="to cause the erection of hairs") in positive contexts quite often. "Her singing voice gives me goosebumps!" You can always specify "goosebumps of excitement/some-nice-feeling" to guarantee appropriateness
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That's what I was looking for! :) Thanks a lot! |
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