• considered the father of the greguería, which he defined as humor plus metaphor. Gómez de la Serna first used the greguería in about 1910. Gómez de la Serna...
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  • sickness after I was born" (Rodney Dangerfield) "BITE ME!" (Uzi Doorman) Greguería Paraprosdokian Throwaway line Miller, K.E.L. (3 December 2009). "The Unuttered...
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  • Brocard Chiasmus Cliché Epigram Epitaph French moralists Gospel of Thomas Greguería Legal maxim Mahavakya Maxim Platitude Proverb Pseudo-Phocylides Sacred...
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    was especially known for "Greguería", a short form of poetry that roughly corresponds to the one-liner in comedy. The Gregueria is especially able to grant...
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    street lamps. More approachable and enduring are Gómez de la Serna's “Greguerías," an original form of aphorism that he described as “humor plus metaphor...
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    envisaged a literature of the lampoon, the prose poem, the reportage, and the greguería. His columns on Dada moved from half-hearted support, visibly annoyed...
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    Fabrica) Chema Madoz - Obras Maestras (2012, Editorial La Fabrica) Nuevas Greguerias - Ramon Gomez De La Serna / Chema Madoz (Editorial La Fabrica) Mixtos...
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