innie

[in-ee]

noun

Informal.

1. a person who belongs to an in-group, especially a fashionable or select one.

2. a concave or nonprotruding navel.

3. a person who has such a navel.

Word History and Origins

Origin of innie¹

in + -ie

Example Sentences

I don’t know if it terrified my “innie” or “outie” more, probably because nowadays, who can tell the difference?

From Los Angeles Times

Zach Cherry, “Severance” “John Turturro broke our hearts as the exiled ‘innie’ from ‘Severance,’ and Jason Isaacs was a revelation as the drugged-out depressive dad in ‘The White Lotus.’

From Los Angeles Times

I imagined Gilmore Girls as a way to unlock my naive “innie.”

From Slate

That’s where Mark’s innie half exists unburdened by grief or any memories linked to life and the world beyond the office.

From Salon

Mark's innie has no concrete memory of this but the feelings are part of his physiology nevertheless.

From Salon