# The \*ahem\* "Shivers..."

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ahem-shivers/277211>\
**Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\
**Created:** [November 29, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ahem-shivers/277211 "2004-11-29T20:57:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ahem-shivers/277211/1 "2004-11-29T20:57:46Z")

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I don’t know them by any other “polite” name, so I just have to ask:  
What are Piss Shivers?  
What are they good for?  
Do only guys get them? (I’ve discreetly asked a couple of gals, and they report they don’t experience them)  
Do all guys get them?

For those in the dark, this is when, after a good wee, a certain _frisson_ makes you go “brrrrrrr!”

Can’t explain it any better…

😕

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**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ahem-shivers/277211/2 "2004-11-29T21:03:13Z")

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**Cecil Adams** on: [What causes “piss shiver?”](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_225.html)

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**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ahem-shivers/277211/3 "2004-11-29T21:06:48Z")

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I know there was a survey on this a while back, and while it’s nowhere near as common as in men, some women do get them.

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**Author:** ![Daithi\_Lacha](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/daithi_lacha/32/5430_2.png) [@Daithi\_Lacha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daithi_Lacha)\
**Post date:** [November 29, 2004, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ahem-shivers/277211/4 "2004-11-29T21:32:47Z")

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> [@friedo](#):
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> **Cecil Adams** on: [What causes “piss shiver?”](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a4_225.html)

Okay, I did a search, but not as complete a one as I thought…

Dammitall, I’m **still** unenlightened!

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**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2004, 12:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-ahem-shivers/277211/5 "2004-11-30T00:50:45Z")

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Since this one is about one of Cecil’s columns, I’ve moved it from GQ to CoCC.

Also, if you search for “piss shivers” in CoCC, you find the two threads below:

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=143651&highlight=piss+shivers](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=143651&highlight=piss+shivers)

[http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=235234&highlight=piss+shivers](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=235234&highlight=piss+shivers)

Hope these help. If not, complain. Help will arive magically.

**samclem** GQ moderator