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
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The possibilities are wide open: the innies become their outies on the testing floor, suggesting the ability for innie and outie to communicate with each other ala Mark’s two halves communicating earlier in the finale.
—Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025
Mark’s innie and outie are set to have a conversation, though he’s also partly reintegrated.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Even the show’s outies are innies, of a kind, caught deliciously in fiction.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
Gretchen comes clean to Dylan’s outie about this, and things don’t go terribly well.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Your outie judges people who take off their shoes on planes.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2025
How strong are the walls of severance, and what, if anything, bleeds through from innie to outie?
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025
But some fans have also been speculating that outie Irving's investigation into Lumon may have to do with his father possibly meeting a similar fate to Gemma.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
This, in essence, creates two selves: those who live in the outside world (outies); and those who are confined to the basement office of Lumon Industries (innies).
—Andrew Webster, The Verge, 18 Jan. 2025
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Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Mar. 2025
Mark’s innie and outie are set to have a conversation, though he’s also partly reintegrated.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Even the show’s outies are innies, of a kind, caught deliciously in fiction.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
Gretchen comes clean to Dylan’s outie about this, and things don’t go terribly well.
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Your outie judges people who take off their shoes on planes.
—Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2025
How strong are the walls of severance, and what, if anything, bleeds through from innie to outie?
—Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 28 Feb. 2025
But some fans have also been speculating that outie Irving's investigation into Lumon may have to do with his father possibly meeting a similar fate to Gemma.
—Megan McCluskey, TIME, 14 Feb. 2025
This, in essence, creates two selves: those who live in the outside world (outies); and those who are confined to the basement office of Lumon Industries (innies).
—Andrew Webster, The Verge, 18 Jan. 2025
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“Outie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outie. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.
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