Montezuma's revenge
[ mon-tuh-zoo-muhz ri-venj ]
nounSlang.
traveler's diarrhea, especially as experienced by some visitors to Mexico.
Origin of Montezuma's revenge
11960–65, 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
informal an acute attack of infectious diarrhoea, esp when experienced in Mexico by tourists
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