Alphabet juice :
Blount, Roy, Jr., 1941-
Alphabet juice : the energies, gists, and spirits of letters, words, and combinations thereof, their roots, bones, innards, piths, pips, and secret parts, tinctures, tonics, and essences, with examples of their usage foul and savory / Roy Blount, Jr. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. - 364 pages ; 24 cm.
"Sarah Crichton books."
After 40 years of making a living using words in every medium, print or electronic, Blount still can't get over his ABCs. In this book, he celebrates the juju, the sonic and kinetic energies of letters and their combinations.
9780374103699 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0374103690 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2008008918
Vocabulary--Humor.
English language--Dictionaries--Humor.
PN6231.W64 / B48 2008
818/.5407
Alphabet juice : the energies, gists, and spirits of letters, words, and combinations thereof, their roots, bones, innards, piths, pips, and secret parts, tinctures, tonics, and essences, with examples of their usage foul and savory / Roy Blount, Jr. - 1st ed. - New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2008. - 364 pages ; 24 cm.
"Sarah Crichton books."
After 40 years of making a living using words in every medium, print or electronic, Blount still can't get over his ABCs. In this book, he celebrates the juju, the sonic and kinetic energies of letters and their combinations.
9780374103699 (hardcover : alk. paper) 0374103690 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2008008918
Vocabulary--Humor.
English language--Dictionaries--Humor.
PN6231.W64 / B48 2008
818/.5407