单词 | outie |
释义 | outien. colloquial. 1. Originally U.S. A convex navel; (also) a person having such a navel. ΚΠ 1972 Washington Post 22 Oct. (Potomac section) 19/1 Any number of permutations can be wrought with that useless ornament, the belly-button; it can be raised, lowered, enlarged, reduced, made to obtrude (an ‘outie’) or to recede (an ‘innie’). 1973 Playboy June 64/2 I have an intense interest in female navels—especially the type that protrudes, usually called an outie. 1984 J. McCorkle Cheer Leader 38 Her navel (an outie). 1995 Toronto Sun 24 Nov. (Lifestyle section) 89 Some parents..still tape a coin to their baby's ‘outie’ bellybutton in the hope of creating a more attractive ‘innie’. 2. South African. A homeless person, one who is down-and-out. ΚΠ 1974 J. Matthews Park 24 I doan mind to go to jug if I robba outie or stick him witta lem [sc. knife] but I doan go to jug for rape. 2001 Weekly Mail & Guardian (Johannesburg) (Electronic ed.) 25 May It is not easy to survive on Johannesburg streets this time of year. And our own ‘outies’ realise that, while it is lekker in summer, it is not nice to sleep on the beach in wintertime. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1972 |
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