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Montezuma's revenge
noun
diarrhoea suffered by tourists in Mexico US
Montezuma II (1466–1520), the ninth Aztec emperor of Mexico, famously died as a result of his confrontation with Spanish invaders. Former US President Ronald Reagan in 1981 exhibited what commentator David Brinkley referred to as “excruciatingly bad taste” by telling a joke about Montezuma’s revenge at a state dinner in Mexico City.- The disorder occurs often in Mexico and has been nicknamed Montzuma’s revenge, turista, and “the trots.” — Washington Post, Times Herald, p. L6, 10 April 1960
- [T]hey admit that, like most Americans, they suffered a three-day gastric upset described by a variety of names like the Gringo Gallop and Montezuma’s revenge. — Washington Post, Times Herald, p. AW8, 24 January 1960
- And I’m afraid the wife is bringing back Montezuma’s revenge. — Gerald Petievich, The Quality of the Informant, p. 167, 1985
- Like a thief, traveler’s diarrhea has many aliases. It is euphemistically known as “Turista,” “Montezuma’s Revenge,” “The Aztec Two Step,” “Turkey Trots,” and scores more. — The Patriot Ledger (Quincy, Massachusetts), p. 16, 3 June 1997
- Children face bigger threat from Montezuma’s revenge [headline] — San Francisco Chronicle, p. C8, 18 August 2002
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