Similar Units
The blob is the inch version of the slug (1 blob = 1 lbf·s2/in = 12 slugs) or equivalent to 175.126 kg. This unit is also called slinch (a portmanteau of the words slug and inch), and the slang term slugette.
Metric units include the "glug" in the centimetre-gram-second system, and the "mug", "par", or "MTE" in the metre-kilogram-second system.
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