Let me say it this way

Did you ever think about the words we use to construct what it is that we say?

We choose the words, then sequence them in a rather particular way.

The words in a phrase can change its meaning, if shuffled or conjugated.

Having the effect to diminish impact, or conversely make it overrated.

In the example that follows the verbs do a switch, you might say a virtual about face:

“Is that man racing for a train – or – is he training for a race?”

The following phrase you may have heard, while hanging out in a cabana.

“Time flies like an arrow . . . Fruit flies like a banana.“

One sentence’s verb, in another, transforms to become a noun.

Certainly not a practice upon which one should readily frown.

Choosing words sometimes seems laborious, but there are times when it’s rather fun.

Let us now consider wordplay that employs double-meaning, the pun.

• “I wondered why the baseball kept getting bigger… then it hit me.”
• “I’m inclined to be laid back.”
• “I used to work at a calendar factory, but I got fired for taking a couple of days off.”

I bring to an end this babble, with an oxymoron, without defiance.

Grab a jumbo shrimp and enjoy the deafening sound of silence!!