- Sic is a Latin word meaning “thus”, “so”, “as such”, or “just as that”. In writing, it is placed within square brackets and usually italicized—[sic]—to indicate that an incorrect or unusual spelling, phrase, punctuation, and/or other preceding quoted material has been reproduced verbatim from the quoted original and is not a transcription error.

I’m not so sure the brackets have to be square. If so, then if you quote me, you’ll have to write “earth ([sic]sic)[sic].” Haha.

And Sean is correct, I am anal.

And Jay, that’s not stupidity, that’s ingenious! You should reinvent derivations of acronyms.

BTW, I thought for sure I had read that the Earth’s Moon actually has a name. You know how other planets’ moons have names? Like Jupiter has Ganymede. Jay said our moon was called the Moon. I thought that was stupid. But I think Jay’s right. I find it funny when people name their dog, “Dog.” I’m going to name my first baby, “Baby.”

What does the (sic) mean that people insert into sentences?

I like the tagline: “An adventurous game that orbits the earth (sic) and the planets beyond!” I guess the game must be like a comet. (Hope I’ve got my astronomy correct. Too lazy to fact correct.)

And Henrik, I do not have this game.