# Peach Fuzz Goose Bumps?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-fuzz-goose-bumps/548021>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 26, 2010, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-fuzz-goose-bumps/548021 "2010-07-26T07:01:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![wolkmeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b4bc9f/32.png) [@wolkmeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolkmeister)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-fuzz-goose-bumps/548021/1 "2010-07-26T07:01:39Z")

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Ever since I can remember I have experienced goose bumps and chills from touching certain textures such as the rough side of construction paper or the fuzzy surface of a peach. During a game of boulderdash the term describing this came up but I have never been able to find it since!

Is there a medical name or explanation for this?

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**Author:** ![The\_Hamster\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8edcca/32.png) [@The\_Hamster\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Hamster_King)\
**Post date:** [July 26, 2010, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/peach-fuzz-goose-bumps/548021/2 "2010-07-26T17:41:40Z")

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Piloerection? Frisson?