Short name for rearranging verb and adjective places in a sentence

Question

The usual "Working Hard?" greeting can be rearranged to "Hardly Working!" reply.

Is there a name for this process?
In the above statement instead of using "rearranging" can one use "permuting" instead?

Related: “Some champagne for my real friends, some real pain for my sham friends.”

bbg · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-14 03:02:16Z

up vote 4 down vote accepted

answered May 14 '11 at 3:02

bbg
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+1ed it, no idea why somebody would have voted down this. – Arjang May 14 '11 at 4:12

Alain Pannetier Φ · Answer 2 · 2011-05-14 02:55:21Z

up vote 1 down vote

reshuffling (not only used for decks of cards) ?

answered May 14 '11 at 2:55

Alain Pannetier Φ
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definitely accptable as alternate to permuting. +1ed it too – Arjang May 14 '11 at 4:14

bbg · Answer 3 · 2011-05-14 02:58:11Z

up vote 1 down vote

answered May 14 '11 at 2:58

bbg
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intrestingly relavent word, although not the answer but thanks for the intrsting word. +1 it too. – Arjang May 14 '11 at 4:13

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