In fact the word "horror" comes from a Latin word meaning "to bristle with fear." Horripilation is the technical term for goosebumps. They got their name because they look like the skin of a ...

Horripilation, kentledge and parochialism - just three of the words facing children competing in this year's US Scripps National Spelling Bee in Maryland. Can their parents do any better?

You’d think we’d be used to the formula after more than a century of spooks and scares on screen, but it’s clearly not the case. As we sit down to watch the latest film designed to frighten ...

If you watch a horror film you may experience horripilation. Kwashiorkor sounds more like the name of a comic book character than a disease, but it’s actually a severe form of malnutrition ...

Hmmm. Some of the above cause a fellow to break out in hog-wild horripilation: Reese’s Diner, Andrews Sweet Shop, Paschal’s Dairy, Hob Nob, Lammon’s Café, Bayley’s, IGA, Bryars-Warren ...

It’s hard to believe, but the Hyundai i30 N had been around for nearly seven years, in that time completely transforming Hyundai’s image amongst those interested in driving, becoming a byword ...

Confined to the city, the Honda N-One, or any ‘Kei’ car for that matter, makes a decent job as an urban runabout. It doesn’t match the standards set by European alternatives, however, so ...

Horripilation, kentledge and parochialism - just three of the words facing children competing in this year's US Scripps National Spelling Bee in Maryland. Can their parents do any better?