Quote
1. Quote - Listen to the quote and guess what the slang means.
“I got chills. I couldn’t believe that someone I consider a genius would know my band’s name, much less sing words I wrote.”
- Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl on seeing Prince perform one of his songs. (Spin)
Definition
1. Definition - Study the definition.
to experience or realize something so shocking it makes you cold
2. Use - Learn how the slang is used.
Have you ever seen or heard something that touches you so deeply that you feel cold? That cold feeling is called chills. A lot of times you shake a little bit when you get chills and little bumps called goosebumps stand up on your skin.
Dave Grohl is a huge fan of Prince. In fact, he’s such a big fan, that his band, the Foo Fighters has performed one of Prince’s songs before.
Grohl was very surprised to learn that Prince performed a song that he wrote during halftime of the Super Bowl. When he found out, he immediately got online and found the clip.
Watching it gave him chills. He was so amazed that Prince was playing his song that his skin got cold.
Examples
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“When I realized who my husband was cheating on me with I got the chills. It was my sister.”
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