plural outies
informal
: a navel that is convex
During your first trimester, you probably won't notice many changes to your belly button. But once you hit the second and third trimester, your button may "pop" from an innie to an outie.—
Caroline Tung Richmond
Caroline Tung RichmondWho knew your belly button was something to sing about? Whether … an innie or an outie, those little stomach dents are pretty special.—Andrea Romano
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The motif shifts somewhat midway through the credits, when outie Mark bumps into his innie on what appears to be a frozen lake.
—Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2025
Won’t their outies find out about the rebellion their innies launched?
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
The first season ended with quite the cliffhanger as the show’s protagonists attempted to expose their employer through an override mechanism where their innies awakened and experienced life as their outies.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Season two hones in on the nature-versus-nurture tension between the innies and the outies, most poignantly through office rebel Helly (Britt Lower), who discovered at the end of season one that her outie is Helena Eagan, heir to the company that she’s dedicated her life to railing against.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 15 Jan. 2025
Mark's outie agreed to the severance procedure to compartmentalize his sorrow after years of all-consuming grief over the tragic loss of his wife, Gemma.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
However, in the most recent slate of episodes, Dylan’s outie was revealed to be a decidedly less sure-of-himself figure who has struggled to maintain work over the years.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 1 Feb. 2025
Mark’s innie wakes up in his outie’s life to find his counterpart still drowning in grief.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
Of the four outies, Helena is unquestionably the most different from her innie.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2025
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Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 5 Feb. 2025
Won’t their outies find out about the rebellion their innies launched?
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
The first season ended with quite the cliffhanger as the show’s protagonists attempted to expose their employer through an override mechanism where their innies awakened and experienced life as their outies.
—Meredith Blake, Los Angeles Times, 24 Jan. 2025
Season two hones in on the nature-versus-nurture tension between the innies and the outies, most poignantly through office rebel Helly (Britt Lower), who discovered at the end of season one that her outie is Helena Eagan, heir to the company that she’s dedicated her life to railing against.
—Abby Monteil, Them, 15 Jan. 2025
Mark's outie agreed to the severance procedure to compartmentalize his sorrow after years of all-consuming grief over the tragic loss of his wife, Gemma.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
However, in the most recent slate of episodes, Dylan’s outie was revealed to be a decidedly less sure-of-himself figure who has struggled to maintain work over the years.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 1 Feb. 2025
Mark’s innie wakes up in his outie’s life to find his counterpart still drowning in grief.
—Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2025
Of the four outies, Helena is unquestionably the most different from her innie.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Outie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outie. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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