[sic]

During our daily dose of E! News recently, they were quoting someone's tweet... but used this:

[sic]

twice during the quote...

I've never known what that meant, and my husband seemed all too excited to actually learn me something ;) He correctly explained it to me:

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/what-does-sic-mean/ explains it as well...


Sic in square brackets is an editing term used with quotations or excerpts. It means "that's really how it appears in the original." It is used to point out a grammatical error, misspelling, misstatement of fact, or, as above, the unconventional spelling of a name.

Sic is the Latin word for "thus," or " such."


Now you know :)



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