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I was just in a chat room, and someone said, "Ah, the days of the silent verbals." It struck me that out of context that phrase might sound nonsensical. So, I am offering it here for people to speculate on.
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It's got to be the particular form of loving warfare defined by the phrase passive aggressive, and marked by deep and dangerous silences 
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Does this mean not saying something has a meaning? 
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Ah, the days of silent verbals......and the nights of boisterous hieroglyphics! If only 'twere possible to have them again!
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Does this mean not saying something has a meaning?
See what Robert Bolt had to say on the subject, in Man for All Seasons, where Cardinal Wolsey accuses Thomas Moore of treasonable action in saying nothing about the King's (HviiiR) proposed divorce.
And, indeed, there is an aphorism that states, "Silence implies assent."
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Not to mention: No Comment.
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The encyclopedia says Thomas More was decapitated for refusing to support Henry VIII's divorce from Catherine of Aragon. Thus he spoke very loudly against the divorce.
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refusing to support Henry VIII's divorce...spoke very loudly against the divorce.
And did so by remaining silent.
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On the contrary. He told the King he would not support him. Only after decapitation was he verbally challenged.
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On the contrary.
Well, I wasn't there so what do I know?
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