Montezuma's revenge

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

noun

, Slang.

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

Montezuma's revenge

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of Montezuma's revenge¹

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