Auding
(verb)
Definition:
A modern word that means listening to a book, especially in audiobook form, as a way of experiencing the story. It’s the audio-based counterpart to reading. If reading is for your eyes, auding is for your ears.
Coined from the word audio + the suffix -ing (like reading), auding gives the act of listening to a book its own identity—because it’s just as valid, immersive, and real.
Submitted by: J.R. DesJardins
Origin: From “audio” + “reading” = auding, coined to describe the act of consuming books through listening.
(verb)
Definition:
A modern word that means listening to a book, especially in audiobook form, as a way of experiencing the story. It’s the audio-based counterpart to reading. If reading is for your eyes, auding is for your ears.
Coined from the word audio + the suffix -ing (like reading), auding gives the act of listening to a book its own identity—because it’s just as valid, immersive, and real.
Submitted by: J.R. DesJardins
Origin: From “audio” + “reading” = auding, coined to describe the act of consuming books through listening.
Examples:
• “I don’t read much, but I aud three books a week.”
• “She was auding that memoir on her walk—couldn’t stop crying.”
• “Reading or auding, either way I’m narriencing the story.”
• “I don’t read much, but I aud three books a week.”
• “She was auding that memoir on her walk—couldn’t stop crying.”
• “Reading or auding, either way I’m narriencing the story.”
by J.R. DesJardins March 28, 2025
Narrience
(noun & verb)
Definition:
A word that combines narrative and experience. It refers to the act of fully immersing yourself in a story, whether by reading or auding (listening to an audiobook). It’s not about how you take in the story—it’s about the emotional and imaginative experience it creates.
Narrience is both a noun and a verb.
• As a noun: The experience itself.
“The narrience of that novel hit me hard.”
• As a verb: The act of experiencing a story.
“I narrienced three books this week.”
Submitted by: J.R. DesJardins
Origin: Coined from “narrative” + “experience” to better describe the modern way people connect with stories across formats.
(noun & verb)
Definition:
A word that combines narrative and experience. It refers to the act of fully immersing yourself in a story, whether by reading or auding (listening to an audiobook). It’s not about how you take in the story—it’s about the emotional and imaginative experience it creates.
Narrience is both a noun and a verb.
• As a noun: The experience itself.
“The narrience of that novel hit me hard.”
• As a verb: The act of experiencing a story.
“I narrienced three books this week.”
Submitted by: J.R. DesJardins
Origin: Coined from “narrative” + “experience” to better describe the modern way people connect with stories across formats.
Examples:
• “Whether I’m reading or auding, I’m still deep in the narrience.”
• “I don’t read much, but I narrience like crazy through audiobooks.”
• “It’s not about the medium—it’s about the narrience.”
• “Whether I’m reading or auding, I’m still deep in the narrience.”
• “I don’t read much, but I narrience like crazy through audiobooks.”
• “It’s not about the medium—it’s about the narrience.”
by J.R. DesJardins March 28, 2025