What does (sic) mean?

[Youth N Asia]

I keep seeing "(sic)" in print and on tv and whatnot. What does it mean?

[Guest Danny Dubya v 2.0]

Spelling incorrect.

[Youth N Asia]

wouldn't have guessed

[kkktookmybabyaway]

Yeah, although I've been told it means "spelling in content."

 

Basically, whenever a media organization doesn't like someone and is doing a hatchet job on them via an article, if that person used the wrong form of "it's" or "you're" in a quote, the reporter will point this out so you, the reader, will think the person he or she is writing about is dumb...

[Red Baron]

i thought it meant said in context, and i know its in latin thats about it.

[kkktookmybabyaway]

Content, Context. Close enough...

[Ravenbomb]

oh, that's that Slipknot song

[The Amazing Rando]

Yeah, although I've been told it means "spelling in content."

 

Basically, whenever a media organization doesn't like someone and is doing a hatchet job on them via an article, if that person used the wrong form of "it's" or "you're" in a quote, the reporter will point this out so you, the reader, will think the person he or she is writing about is dumb...

this is basically it... and it is so that when something is being quoted from another source, the person taking the quote doesn't have to fix the grammar or the spelling, so they just place "(sic)" by any mistakes.

 

It keeps the credibility of the writer.

[Dr. Tom]

It doesn't stand for anything. "Sic" is Latin for "thus" (see "Sic semper tyrannus" -- "thus always for a tyrant"), and is used in print to point out errors, indicating that the error is preserved in the quote.

[Spaceman Spiff]

It doesn't stand for anything. "Sic" is Latin for "thus" (see "Sic sempter tyrannus" -- "thus always for a tyrant"), and is used in print to point out errors, indicating that the error is preserved in the quote.

Like, for instance, this quote. "Semper," not "sempter."

[Dr. Tom]

Goddamnit. I'd love to know how I did that one.

 

::fixes::