What is "sic"

Carborundum \Car`bo*run"dum\ (k[aum]r`b[-o]*r[u^]n"d[u^]m), [a trade name, from Carbon + corundum.] A beautiful crystalline compound, silicon carbide ( SiC), consisting of carbon and silicon in combination; -- also called carbon silicide. It is made by heating carbon and sand together in an electric furnace. The commercial article is dark-colored and iridescent. It is harder than emery, and is used as an abrasive.

Sic \Sic\, a. Such. [Scot.]

Sic \Sic\, adv. [L.] Thus.

Note: This word is sometimes inserted in a quotation [sic], to call attention to the fact that some remarkable or inaccurate expression, misspelling, or the like, is literally reproduced.

insertion in printed quotation to call attention to error in the original; Latin, literally "so, thus, in this way," related to or emphatic of si "if," from PIE root *so- "this, that" (cognates: Old English sio "she"). Used regularly in English articles from 1876, perhaps by influence of similar use in French (1872).\n\n[I]t amounts to Yes, he did say that, or Yes, I do mean that, in spite of your natural doubts. It should be used only when doubt is natural; but reviewers & controversialists are tempted to pretend that it is, because (sic) provides them with a neat & compendious form of sneer.

[Fowler]

"to set upon, attack;" see sick (v.).

Etymology 1 adv. thus; thus written vb. To mark with a bracketed sic."sic, adv. (and n.)" ''Oxford English Dictionary'', Second Edition 1989. Oxford University Press. Etymology 2

alt. 1 (context transitive English) To incite an attack by, ''especially'' a dog or dogs. 2 (context transitive English) To set upon; to chase; to attack. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To incite an attack by, ''especially'' a dog or dogs. 2 (context transitive English) To set upon; to chase; to attack.

1. adv. intentionally so written (used after a printed word or phrase)

2. v. urge a dog to attack someone [syn: set]

3. [also: sicking, sicked]

The Latin adverb sic ("thus"; in full: sic erat scriptum, "thus was it written") inserted after a quoted word or passage, indicates that the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text, complete with any erroneous or archaic spelling, surprising assertion, faulty reasoning, or other matter that might otherwise be taken as an error of transcription.

The notation's usual purpose is to inform the reader that any errors or apparent errors in quoted material do not arise from errors in the course of the transcription, but are intentionally reproduced, exactly as they appear in the source text. It is generally placed inside brackets to indicate that it is not part of the quoted matter.

Sic may also be used derisively, to call attention to the original writer's spelling mistakes or erroneous logic.

[Sic] is a jazz/ fusion album released in 2005 by Austrian guitarist Alex Machacek. The album features drummer Terry Bozzio.

Security Insurance Company (SIC) was a security and insurance company in Bulgaria. Thought to be a front for a criminal organisation. SIC, along with its rival VIS, was made up primarily of ex-wrestlers, policemen and members of the security apparatus. As well as extortion rackets, the groups also worked in "car insurance" and theft. The capital they earned in the emerging Bulgarian economy of the 1990s allowed them to build huge influence amongst the government.

SIC is a modern hardcore/thrash metal band from Tórshavn, the capital of the Faroe Islands.

[sic] (Jennifer Morris) is a Lausanne based visual artist and electronic noise artist originally from Montreal.