more or lessused to indicate that the 'misspelling' is actually how it is inteded to be spelled. often used in referencing to indicate that the author knows that something is incorrect, and wasn't the one who made the mistake.
edit - I don't think it's limited to spelling mistakes, they are just far more common than grammatical mistakes.
(edit - I don't think it's limited to spelling mistakes, they are just far more common than grammatical mistakes.
Or is it?,
Mon 11 Apr 2005, 5:41,
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Exellant (sic)Thanks.
Ahem... was that ^ a little to predictable?
(Ahem... was that ^ a little to predictable?
Black Moon Not cracked, I'm all up to be.,
Mon 11 Apr 2005, 5:42,
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It's used in quotationsto indicate that this is what the person actually said/wrote, but the writer knows it's wrong and is using the (sic) to basically say "Fuck off you pedants, I know this is wrong, but the dumbass used it and I have to because it's a quote. So stick your whining letters of correction up your excessively tight sphincters."
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Mon 11 Apr 2005, 6:37,
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