gusher
nounEtymology From gush + -er. Doublet of geyser.
1
One who gushes (makes an excessive display of enthusiasm, praise, or sentiment).
2
An oil well that has a natural flow and so requires no pumping.
- “[…]And then I finally realised the art galleries and the restaurants and so on are financed by this gusher of money from Wall Street. Julian Schnabel and Jean-Michel Basquiat and Leo Castelli wouldn't really exist if there weren't rich people who buy that art.”2026 April 4, Jonathan Derbyshire, quoting Jay McInerney, “Lunch with the FT: Jay McInerney”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 3: