[naikrovek]

it's not a derisive term. it's just a nickname for a left-handed pitcher in baseball, because their left hand is on the south side of the pitcher when pitching in whatever field that term was coined in. it is a nickname that stuck for some reason. i've never felt that term to be derisive in my life.

[gambiting]

Some people do:

"Today, we often use southpaw as a good-natured term for a left-handed person, but the word is sometimes viewed as stigmatizing by left-handed people."

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/southpaw

[naikrovek]

Well good for them. No one has ever said it to me in a derisive way and if anyone ever does I will educate them.