Roy Blount Jr - The Meanings of Words Are Not Arbitrarybr Book Passage - Book Passagebr Roy Blount, Jr. talks about Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips.After 40 years of making a living using words in every medium, print or electronic, NPR panelist Blount still can't get over his ABCs.