When antonyms are synonyms

I had an odd moment of cultural misunderstanding yesterday - I was speaking to an Open Media developers group and I said "Technorati is catholic in what formats it accepts" - and no-one knew what I meant. "You're the pope?" was the reaction.

I quickly restated: "Would you prefer it if I said we were format agnostic?"

Technorati Tags: meme, microformats, rhetoric