Montezuma's revenge

Montezuma's revenge
   diarrhoea
   Usually, but not necessarily, contracted in Mexico by visitors from the United States:
    You get Montezuma's revenge when you've been off on holiday somewhere. (BBC Television, 18 November 1996)
   Montezuma II was the Aztec emperor when Cortes invaded Mexico, and was killed by his own people in 1520 after he had told them to submit to the invader.
   Also as the Aztec two-step, Mexican toothache, Mexican two-step, Mexican foxtrot, etc.

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