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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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
Arquette plays innie Mark’s tyrannical boss, Harmony Cobel, and poses as outie Mark’s apparently kind neighbor, Mrs. Selvig, as well.
—Lisa Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2023
The innie and the outie are the same person, with the same temperament, but with no memory or recollection of the inverse world, and presumably none of the emotional baggage.
—Diana Budds, Curbed, 6 May 2022
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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
Arquette plays innie Mark’s tyrannical boss, Harmony Cobel, and poses as outie Mark’s apparently kind neighbor, Mrs. Selvig, as well.
—Lisa Rosen, Los Angeles Times, 7 Feb. 2023
The innie and the outie are the same person, with the same temperament, but with no memory or recollection of the inverse world, and presumably none of the emotional baggage.
—Diana Budds, Curbed, 6 May 2022
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“Outie.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/outie. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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