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Moctezuma's revenge

Moctezuma's revenge is the alternative form of Montezuma's revenge.

Meaning of Montezuma's revenge

Noun

Montezuma's revenge (uncountable)

  1. (euphemistic, humorous) Diarrhea experienced by tourists after drinking water or eating food in Mexico as a result of a microorganism to which native Mexicans are immune.
    • 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.1994, John-Claude Guillebaud, “Montezuma’s Revenge”, in John Simmons, transl., Return to Vietnam, London; New York, N.Y.: Verso Books, →ISBN, page 112
    Synonyms:
    Aztec two-step

Questions about Moctezuma's revenge

What is Moctezuma's revenge the alternative form of?
Moctezuma's revenge is the alternative form of Montezuma's revenge.

Words near Moctezuma's revenge in the dictionary

  1. mocque
  2. Mocra
  3. mocs
  4. moctamide
  5. Moctezuma
  6. Moctezuma's revenge
  7. moctezumite
  8. mocuck
  9. mocucks
  10. mocuddum
  11. mocuddums

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