an acute attack of infectious diarrhoea, esp when experienced by tourists in Mexico
Montezuma's revenge in American English
US
Slang
acute infectious diarrhea, esp. when contracted by tourists visiting Mexico
Montezuma's revenge in American English
noun
slang
traveler's diarrhea, esp. as experienced by some visitors to Mexico
Word origin
[1960–65, Amer.; in allusion to montezuma ii, who was killed by invading Europeans]This word is first recorded in the period 1960–65. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Pap test, parvovirus, pop art, power play, zip code