sic

adv

Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin sīc (“thus, so”).

1. Thus; as written; used to indicate, for example, that text is being quoted as it is from the source.

   “When it is all over they merge and go in a body to visit [...] the Telegraph Office – with plausible expressions of regret and excuses for the mob ‘which’ they say ‘is deplorably ignorant and will not be restrained when its feelings are strongly moved’ – sic, the fact being that the mob’s feelings will never be ‘moved’ unless it is by one of them.”

   “Bolinger, Dwight (1977) ‘Pronoun and repeated nouns.’ Lingua18:1-34 [Quoted sic in Toolan 1990. Neither in Lingua 18, nor in the 1977 volume of that journal.]”

2. Used in the manner of scare quotes

   “In the past few months, we in Upstate N.Y. have been subjected to fire bombings, firings, verbal and physical harassment, etc. The list goes on and on. These (sic) Christians are calling for a million marchers and may very well get that many.”

noun

1. Initialism of second-in-command.
2. Initialism of School Improvement Council.

verb

Etymology: Variant of seek.

1. To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs.

   “He sicced his dog on me!”

   “Phreaks can max-out 911 systems just by siccing a bunch of computer-modems on them in tandem, dialling them over and over until they clog.”

2. To set upon; to chase; to attack.

   “Sic ’em, Mitzi.”