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Montezuma's revenge

[ mon-tuh-zoo-muhz ri-venj ]

noun

Slang.
  1. traveler's diarrhea, especially as experienced by some visitors to Mexico.


Montezuma's revenge

noun

  1. informal.
    an acute attack of infectious diarrhoea, esp when experienced in Mexico by tourists
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of Montezuma's revenge1

1960–65, Americanism; in allusion to Montezuma II ( def ), who was killed by invading Europeans
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And if they don’t invite the Aztecs after all this, well, beware of Montezuma’s revenge.

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An algorithm that made headlines for mastering the notoriously difficult Atari 2600 game Montezuma’s Revenge, can now beat more games, achieving near perfect scores, and help robots explore real-world environments.

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Pepper, who came down with an apparent case of Montezuma’s revenge during his stay, later came to believe that my grandfather had secretly poisoned him so that he could spend more time with his beautiful wife.

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A game like Montezuma’s Revenge reasonably expects the player to know that keys open doors before they play, so that when a door won’t open, the next obvious move is to find a key.

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’s interesting is that some Atari games, like Montezuma’s Revenge, are trivial for children to learn but incredibly difficult for machines, even with deep learning.

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