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"SIC may mean one of the following: *[sic] or (sic) (from Latin sic for "thus"; see also list of Latin phrases) is a bracketed expression used to indicate that an unusual spelling, phrase, or any other preceding quoted material is intended to be read or printed exactly as shown (rather than being an error) and should not be corrected. ..."
 
Basically that despite a word being spelt wrong, or the grammar being incorrect, the meaning of the words remains as they were intended. I think.
 
In writing, it is italicized and placed within square brackets — [sic] — to indicate that an incorrect or unusual spelling, phrase or other preceding quoted material is a verbatim reproduction of the original quoted material and is not a transcription error.
 
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