(sic)
From Encyclopedia Dramatica
(sic) most commonly refers the Slipknot song off their eponymous debut. Other uses follow.
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[edit] Metamography
[edit] Etymology
[edit] (sic)
(sic) is the acronym for a latin phrase loosely translated as 'Check this guy out, he's a fucktard', placed originally in hand-copied text to indicate that whoever was copying found a spelling error in the original, but has enough sense to preserve that original rather than contribute grammar nazism, as well as for added lulz. This proves that lulz have existed as far back as the dark ages, when they were had by early prototype wiki-vandals at MONGO's distant ancestors. It carried over into the internets, where it's used to judiciously place the fucktard label on the illiterate asshat that wrote what you're posting, instead of on you.
(sic) is also a backronym for spelled in context or said in copy.
In general, used to indicate that you are smarter than another person because you can spell.
[edit] SIC
SIC is also an acronym for spelling is confusing. It is used to indicate that someone has mispelt a word in a manner that renders its meaning obscure. (This usage is extremely rare.)
[edit] S.I.C.
S.I.C. Stands for Super Imaginative Chogokin, basically Darker crazier looking versions of Japanese Super Heroes in action figure forms that you can exchange the parts of. They cost a shit load of money and only obsessive wapanese and even some Japanese buy.
[edit] Sick
SIC is not the same as sick unless it is unintentionally applied in that sense, in which case the use of either or both of the earlier two applications may be appropriate.
[edit] Suck
Please see fellatio.
[edit] How to use (sic)
During arguments on the internet people will inevitably 'quote' portions of each other's words back to them, whether to identify what portions they are directly responding to, or to remove them from their supporting context to directly mock them. Any time someone makes a spelling mistake, or typo, you should always append (sic), in bold, to show that you have included their misspelling in your quote. This strengthens your argument due to it being common knowledge on the internet that intelligent people can spell.
[edit] Faux Pas
It is incorrect to ever italicize (sic), because italics are traditionally reserved for titles (such as movies, books, etc) or for uncommon foreign words. Anybody who italicizes (sic) is suffering from the delusion that it's a book title, which it isn't. Technically, being Latin does not qualify it as being "foreign" since Latin is somehow presumed to be the implicit common language. However, (sic) is a play by Melissa James Gibson.
[edit] Examples of (sic) in action
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