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the full-body shiver when a song or sentence reaches in and rearranges you.
means A sudden shiver or thrill of excitement, often mixed with a touch of fear or intense emotion.
from Straight from French, where frisson means "a shiver" or "thrill," descended from the Latin frictio, "a rubbing" (the same root that gives us friction) — though the sense slid over time from the rub against skin to the shiver it produces. English borrowed it whole, accent and all, in the 18th century, keeping its untranslatable Gallic shimmer.
- musical chills
- Two-thirds of people get it; some never do
- dopamine hit
- Brain rewards anticipation, not just the climax
- goosebump trigger
- Skin reacts before you consciously register the moment
- french loan
- Literally means a shiver or thrill
- openness link
- Curious, imaginative minds feel it most often