swim the Bosphorus

English

Etymology

Variant of swim the Tiber, by substitution of Istanbul's river Bosphorus for Rome's river Tiber.

Verb

swim the Bosphorus (third-person singular simple present swims the Bosphorus, present participle swimming the Bosphorus, simple past swam the Bosphorus, past participle swum the Bosphorus)

1. (intransitive) To convert to Eastern Orthodoxy.

Related terms

• swim the Forth (“convert to Presbyterianism”)
• swim the Rhine (“convert to Lutheranism”)
• swim the Thames (“convert to Anglicanism”)
• swim the Tiber (“convert to Roman Catholicism”)