Hairy Tongue Syndrome?!

What? I have had hairy legs, but hairy tongue?  I went for my regular dental appointment and everything was fine.  My caregivers are always concerned about the coating on tongue. The hygienist said it is called hairy tongue because the padilla (cannot remember the word for sure but it is the things on your tongue that help move food around)  grow longer than usual.  Can even use a spoon face down to scrape my tongue and maybe get it to go away.  At least there is reason and a name for my tongue to look the way it does.