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
compare innie
Andrea RomanoExamples of outie in a Sentence
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Outside the office, his outie is a bereft widower who chose to sever his mind just to get some emotional relief.
—Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
As the events of Season 2 unfold, something akin to a class war breaks out between innies and outies.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
That contrast between innie and outie is most stark for Lower.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
Another big reveal at the end of last season was that outie Mark’s wife Gemma (Dichen Lachman) was actually still alive in the form of Ms. Casey, the counselor at Lumon.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
An outie belly button is typically a cosmetic issue with no symptoms that doesn't require treatment.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 12 Oct. 2024
Natural Development Scars are unpredictable, and outies often develop randomly.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 12 Oct. 2024
Horrors pile up: The narrator’s outie belly button becomes an innie that grows deep enough to hold a bar of soap.
—Jake Cline, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
And what about Burt’s outie husband?
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2022
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Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
As the events of Season 2 unfold, something akin to a class war breaks out between innies and outies.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
That contrast between innie and outie is most stark for Lower.
—Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
Another big reveal at the end of last season was that outie Mark’s wife Gemma (Dichen Lachman) was actually still alive in the form of Ms. Casey, the counselor at Lumon.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 7 Dec. 2024
An outie belly button is typically a cosmetic issue with no symptoms that doesn't require treatment.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 12 Oct. 2024
Natural Development Scars are unpredictable, and outies often develop randomly.
—Mark Gurarie, Health, 12 Oct. 2024
Horrors pile up: The narrator’s outie belly button becomes an innie that grows deep enough to hold a bar of soap.
—Jake Cline, Washington Post, 8 July 2024
And what about Burt’s outie husband?
—Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2022
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“Outie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outie. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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