Common term for Washington DC's subway system, short for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority.
Take Metro from Franconia-Springfield to Smithsonian, and then meet me by the Natural History Museum.
by Ben Schumin November 25, 2003
A function that, when activated in a database, is a "smoke and mirrors" device to make features on a site appear to be nonexistent to the computer-clueless. Originally named for Mecca Marsh, hall director of Potomac Hall at James Madison University from 2000 to 2003. The term was first used in reference to menu items on The Schumin Web.
A: What happened to your page about (whatever)?
B: Oh, it's still there. I Mecca switched it, though, because my friend didn't approve. It'll be back on there before too long.
B: Oh, it's still there. I Mecca switched it, though, because my friend didn't approve. It'll be back on there before too long.
by Ben Schumin November 25, 2003
by Ben Schumin December 02, 2003
Device attached to a telephone headset that, when activated, will turn off the microphone of the headset, while the customer can still be heard by the person wearing the headset.
by Ben Schumin November 25, 2003
Short for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, which operates subway and bus systems in the Washington DC area. Also called Metro. The initials are normally pronounced, particularly in regards to their Web site.
by Ben Schumin November 25, 2003