Have you ever grown up thinking you know the name of something to discover that was a made up name that your family used for that item? Is there such a tool as loppers? The things with a long handle that has short curved metal blades that you use to trim trees.
Haha, in this case your family did not mislead you although I do know what you are talking about. At my house we always had flipper flopper's. I was 17 at a friends house when I learned that there is no such thing. The real name was remote control! I just thought I must have been very thick!
