Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A recessed navel.
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- noun slang A
navel that is formed of a hollow in theabdomen (as opposed to one that protrudes from the abdomen). - noun slang A
vagina with innerlabia minora
Etymologies
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Examples
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It works like this: You wear it as an "innie" or an "outie", just like a belly button.
Best Patent Ever 2006
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It works like this: You wear it as an "innie" or an "outie", just like a belly button.
Archive 2006-08-01 2006
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"I have an 'innie' and demand to know where you've seen an 'outie.'"
The Grass Is Always Greener Over The Septic Tank Bombeck, Erma 1972
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Yup, the FIRST act of this Opera STARTS with them giving King Kong one HELL of an "innie" for a belly button.
Not funny... ever. 2008
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Everything from the bizarre (Was Plato's belly button an "innie" or an "outie"?) to the expected (omelet recipes with peanut butter and clam sauce).
Edhat Santa Barbara 2008
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Confounding the perennial debate about the relative merits of having an "innie" or "outie" belly button, the photograph showed that she had what appeared to be more of a smooth dimple.
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Fetishes Is there a way to turn your "innie" belly button into an "outie" permanently without surgery?
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Gooch [Uncle Sandy], and was attended by Miss Mollie Gooch as bridesmaid, and four little pages — two cousins, and [the] two sons of Mrs. M [innie].
Archive 2009-03-01 2009
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If you have an innie (and 90 percent of us do), the belly button is an area that can trap moisture and bacteria ....
Fun facts about women's "freaky & fabulous" bodies Jennifer Huget 2010
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She wore low-rise jeans that underlined an “outie” belly button, pierced by a familiar blue topaz stud, whereas mine was an “innie.”
Silver Zombie Carole Nelson Douglas 2010
tankhughes commented on the word innie
In the TV show Severance, there are splits in a person's identity - the innie who does nothing but work, and the outie who lives a life that benefits from the work that the innie does.
March 25, 2025