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

Arquette plays innie Mark’s tyrannical boss, Harmony Cobel, and poses as outie Mark’s apparently kind neighbor, Mrs. Selvig, as well.

From Los Angeles Times

The notion of surgically separating your psyche into "innie" and "outie" identities sounds more oppressive than bearing the workday.

From Salon

But an "innie" never sleeps or creates memories of life beyond the workplace.

From Salon

Mark's "outie" stumbles through life in his pajamas while his suit-dressed "innie" pilots his body at his cubicle.

From Salon

Will win: Although both my innie and my outie think it should be “Severance,” the winner will be “Succession.”

From Seattle Times