词汇 | ho chi minh-s revenge |
词源 | Ho Chi Minh’s revenge. Another, later variation on monte- zuma’s revenge. Here diarrhea is named after the Vietnamese leader Ho Chi Minh (1890–1969) by G.I.s serving in the Viet- nam War (1954–75). After the war, Saigon, South Vietnam’s capital, was renamed Ho Chi Minh City. |
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