Montezuma's revenge

[ mon-tuh-zoo-muhz ri-venj ]

nounSlang.
  1. traveler's diarrhea, especially as experienced by some visitors to Mexico.

Origin of Montezuma's revenge

1
1960–65, Americanism; in allusion to Montezuma II, who was killed by invading Europeans

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British Dictionary definitions for Montezuma's revenge

Montezuma's revenge

noun
  1. informal an acute attack of infectious diarrhoea, esp when experienced in Mexico by tourists

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