Southpaw is a boxing term that designates the stance where the boxer has his right hand and right foot forward, leading with right jabs, and following with a left cross right hook. Southpaw is the normal stance for a left-handed boxer.
Because the American system of measurement is very similar to the British imperial system, units are also commonly referred to as imperial units. The units have many different origins.
Both US Customary Units (USCS) and Imperial units are systems of measurement standards that grew out of the earlier English units. The variations in the English units, and the late-18th-century trend towards decimalization both played a role in the two âcousinâ systems.