Montezuma's revenge

English 2017 November 8 Alternative forms en Moctezuma’s revenge Etymology Named for Montezuma or Moctezuma II (1466 yes – 1520), the last Aztec ruler before the empire was conquered by the Spanish. The condition is seen as “retribution” for the massacres and enslavement of the Aztec people by the Spanish conquistador Hernán Cortés on August 13, 1521. Pronunciation en /ˌmɒn.təˈzuː.məz ɹɪˈvɛndʒ/ RP en /ˌmɔ.ɾ̃əˈzu.məz ɹəˈvɛndʒ/ /- ɹɪˈvɛndʒ/ /- ɹiˈvɛndʒ/ [ˌmɔ.nəˈzu.məz -] GA en en-au-Montezuma's revenge.ogg AU en Mon te zu ma's re venge Noun - en humorous euphemistic Diarrhea experienced by tourists after drinking water or eating food in Mexico as a result of a microorganism to which native Mexicans are immune. 1962Montezuma en Aztec two-step en traveler's diarrhea en Pharaoh's revenge en John-Claude Guillebaud John Simmons Montezuma’s Revenge Return to Vietnam London; New York, N.Y. w:Verso Books 1994 112 https://books.google.com/books?id=P2ivbb080lUC&pg=PA112 978-0-86091-418-1 Montezuma's Revenge, everybody knows, is the persistent intestinal illness that spoils the good humour of tourists in the tropics. Could there be a Montezuma's Revenge of the soul? There could. We caught it. en Jim Foster Picking on Senator Going Too Far I Hate to Complain, but …: A Collection of Humorous Something-or-others Toronto, Ont.; Headington, Oxford; Tonawanda, N.Y. Hounslow Press, Dundurn Press 1999 19 https://books.google.com/books?id=PY47AgAAQBAJ&pg=PA19 978-0-88882-214-7 There's a lot of flu bugs floating around. I think it is commendable that he thought enough of his fellow senators to keep his diseases to himself. I don't know what he had, but I suspect it was Montezuma's Revenge. (Mexico is the only country in the world where the expression "Royal Flush" has nothing to do with playing cards.) en Jeffrey M. Pilcher From “Montezuma’s Revenge” to “Mexican Truffles”: Culinary Tourism across the Rio Grande Lucy M. Long Culinary Tourism Material Worlds Lexington, Ky. w:University Press of Kentucky 2004 76 https://books.google.com/books?id=ift27DhC1BAC&pg=PA76 978-0-8131-2292-2 President Jimmy Carter arrived in Mexico City for a state visit on February 14, 1979, and proceeded to recall for his hosts a previous encounter with Mexican culture, decades earlier as a naval officer, in which he had contracted what he described as "Montezuma's revenge." This indelicate reference to tourist's diarrhea became something of an international incident; Mexican Preident José López Portillo insisted that his country be treated with respect, while the local press denounced the remark as a "typical Yankee slur." en George Ann Huck; Jann E. Freed Women of Yucatán: Thirty Who Dare to Change Their World Jefferson, N.C. w:McFarland & Company 2010 18 https://books.google.com/books?id=6R-hBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA18 978-0-7864-4526-4 We warily sipped the lemonade, knowingly flirting with the tourist stomach disorder known here as Moctezuma's revenge. en M. I. Lastman Answers Rocky Mountain Locust: Opus I, Trio: A Novel Victoria, B.C. FriesenPress 2014 part 1 (Jim) 32 https://books.google.com/books?id=90ktBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA32 978-1-4602-4797-6 When we were together in Mexico in the early seventies, she came down with a bad case of Moctezuma's revenge, complaining that she'd never been sick to her stomach before. Translations diarrhea experienced by a tourist in Mexico Finnish: fi Montezuman kosto Galician: gl a vinganza de Moctezuma Polish: pl zemsta Montezumy f Spanish: es venganza de Moctezuma f See also en Bali belly Delhi belly References Further reading Moctezuma II en eponyms en Diseases Mexico Viral diseases