Originally Posted by: ranma187whats is a southpaw????

A left-handed bloke.

Cool story: In the old days (maybe even to this day, but I'm not sure) pro baseball fields were designed so that home plate was north of second base. So, when a pitcher would stand on the pitcher's mound in a ready stance, a left-handed pitcher's left hand would be pointing south. That's where the term comes from, apparently.