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?

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score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered May 14 '11 at 03:02

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answered May 14 '11 at 03:02

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+1ed it, no idea why somebody would have voted down this. – jimjim May 14 '11 at 04:12

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered May 14 '11 at 02:55

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reshuffling (not only used for decks of cards) ?

answered May 14 '11 at 02:55

definitely accptable as alternate to permuting. +1ed it too – jimjim May 14 '11 at 04:14

score 1 · Answer 3 · answered May 14 '11 at 02:58

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answered May 14 '11 at 02:58

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intrestingly relavent word, although not the answer but thanks for the intrsting word. +1 it too. – jimjim May 14 '11 at 04:13

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