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• An example is a user who messaged “Bought some oxycontin, we finna get trippy mane” (sic).2015 August 8, “The Canary in the Coal Mine Tweets: Social Media Reveals Public Perceptions of Non-Medical Use of Opioids”, in PLOS ONE…. From the entry oxycontin
• In contrast, she mindreads with a negative bias--"clearly (sic) he thinks."1988 June 3, Rose Ann Chasman, “Unacceptable Level of Omissions”, in Chicago Reader, archived from the original on 21 Sep 2020. From the entry mindread
• "To Oscar Wilde, posing as a Somdomite (sic)" was the way he put it.1979 April 28, Gerry McNamara, “Life for Art's Sake”, in Gay Community News, page 17. From the entry accusor
• Kueh Tart (Pineapple Tart), Kueh Belanda, Kueh Bangkit, Kueh Bulu(sic), Kueh Lapis, are typical examples.1978 January 29, “How you can get these goodies done right...”, in The Straits Times, retrieved 29 Oct 2017. From the entry kuih tart
• You see I did this on perpose(sic) just to get her at it.1958, Frank Norman, chapter 3, in Bang to Rights: An Account of Prison Life, page 136. From the entry get someone at it
• What he did'nt(sic) realise was that the boggie(sic - bogey(police officer)) was getting her at it.1958, Frank Norman, chapter 3, in Bang to Rights: An Account of Prison Life, page 151. From the entry get someone at it
• I kent fin ye wis in sic a binner 'it a' wisna richt.1915, H. Beaton, Benachie, pages 50, 163. From the entry binner
• One person said it was "crack up", while the woman who uploaded it said "I'm a do it again (sic)".2020 June 5, “Police looking into footage of woman twerking on Auckland Harbour Bridge”, in Newshub, archived from the original on 20 Sep…. From the entry crack up
• This the same girl that's "wasted" of a white claw dam her voice annoying (sic). - Yeah, legiterally.2020 November 17, Jack Patrick Douglass, End my suffering (YOUR GRAMMAR SUCKS #127). From the entry legiterally
• Let's sign this bad boy up and sic him on somebody fast, before the foam dries on his mouth.2012, Douglas MacKinnon, Vengeance Is Mine, →ISBN. From the entry bad boy
• Many are placed in less than ferior (sic) locations.2001 August 21, “****”, in alt.usage.english (Usenet). From the entry ferior
• They explain, "Arborescent systems are hierarchical systems with centers of significance (sic) and subjectification, central automata like organized memories.2000, Carl Olson, Zen and the Art of Postmodern Philosophy: Two Paths of Liberation from the Representational Mode of Thinking, Albany…. From the entry arborescent
• Listen you ol' chunk of bearbait, you get ornery with me and I'll sic Mollie on you again.1996, Matt Braun, Cimarron Jordan, page 89. From the entry bearbait
• If e'er there was sic strife and clatter, Fracas o tongues and bellerin blatter, Twas at the towr o Babel.1996, David McCordick, Scottish literature: an anthology, page 572. From the entry yabble
• Eliot should not be dismissed as “juvenalia” (sic).1993 July 7, Hillary Sternberg, “Letters to the Editor: Cats' cradle?”, in The Times, number 64,692, London: News UK, published 9 July…. From the entry juvenalia
• Sic Shavius putride, says a late scholiast: « thus Shaw stinkingly » — he is referring to a rival commentator's interpretation.Jack Arthur Walter Bennett (1982), The Humane Medievalist: And Other Essays in English Literature and Learning, from Chaucer to Eliot, Ed.…. From the entry odium philologicum
• Corp's face shone, but Gavinia said at once, "You werena sic great friends as that; were you, man?"1912, J.M. Barrie, Tommy and Grizel. From the entry werena
• “It’s a theocratic regime that bases its rule on Shia (sic) law and targets Sunnis, Bahá’ís, Jews, Christians, and other religious minorities.2025 September 6, Jonathan Turley, quoting Tim Kaine, “Tim Kaine’s Constitutional blasphemy”, in The Hill. From the entry theocratic
• US users claimed that the sweet treat aught(sic.) to be referred to as an Otter Pop, a popular brand across the pond.2018 June 25, Martha Cliff, “Ice pops... or freezies? Debate over the CORRECT name for classic summer treat goes ciral on Twitter - so…. From the entry tiptop
• Unrecorded and unstudied, Sart Kalmak oral history, literature, folklore and language were gradually forgotten against the backdrop of the processes of extensive Sovietization and Kyrgysization (sic).2021 February 25, Baasanjav Terbish, “The Sart Kalmaks in Kyrgyzstan: people in transition”, in Central Asian Survey. From the entry Kyrgyzization
• Both works include culturally specific references, hence my inclusion of some obvious material which 'every (Bengali) schoolboy (sic) knows', all directed to non-Banglaphone Indian and international readers.2018 June 9, Abanindranath Tagore, Gaganendranath Tagore, Fantasy Fictions from the Bengal Renaissance: Abanindranath Tagore’s The…. From the entry banglaphone
• I think that the court whould not reconize epublising (sic) since it is much easier to fake you ID, but I whould like to see a test of this made.1991 April 18, tsource, “Re: RFD: Rec.games.design”, in news.groups (Usenet), retrieved 05 Feb 2018, message-ID…. From the entry e-publishing

Meaning of sic

1. adverb Thus; as written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source.
2. adverb Used in the manner of scare quotes.
3. verb To mark with a bracketed sic.

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How do you use sic in a sentence?

Sic is used as an adverb and verb. For example: “He sicced his dog on me!”

What is a short sentence with sic?

“Sic ’em, Mitzi.”

What does sic mean?

Sic means thus; as written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source.