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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Is this all geared toward improving the lives of outies?
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2025
On Irving’s Departure And Whereabouts One face missing from the finale was John Turturro’s Irving Bailiff, whose outie Irving B. was extinguished at the end of Episode 4 during the ORTBO, or Outdoor Retreat and Team Building Occurrence.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
Of all the outie characters, Helena is the one who is the most masked.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, outie Gemma wails outside the door, begging Mark to return to her.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Nowhere is adulthood more dismal than in its outie story lines, which Season 2 attempts to build out.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
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
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Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2025
On Irving’s Departure And Whereabouts One face missing from the finale was John Turturro’s Irving Bailiff, whose outie Irving B. was extinguished at the end of Episode 4 during the ORTBO, or Outdoor Retreat and Team Building Occurrence.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 21 Mar. 2025
Of all the outie characters, Helena is the one who is the most masked.
—Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2025
Meanwhile, outie Gemma wails outside the door, begging Mark to return to her.
—Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
Nowhere is adulthood more dismal than in its outie story lines, which Season 2 attempts to build out.
—Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2025
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
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“Outie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outie. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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