(GAD-uh-reen)
adjective
Headlong; rash.
Etymology
After the town of Gadara in a biblical story where the demons in two possessed men asked Jesus to send them into a herd of swine. After receiving a go, the demons left the men, went into the swine and all the animals rushed violently over a cliff into water.
"Research from Greenwich Associates has identified a Gadarene rush by Japanese financial institutions into hedge funds." — John Plender; Punting, Not Hedging; Financial Times (London, UK); Sep 27, 2004.




