Sic vs Soc - What's the difference?
sic | soc |
thus; thus written
To mark with a bracketed sic."sic, adv. (and n.)" Oxford English Dictionary , Second Edition 1989. Oxford University Press.
To incite an attack by, especially a dog or dogs.
To set upon; to chase; to attack.
(slang, uncountable) Sociology or social science
(slang, countable) upper class youth
* 1967 , , The Outsiders , page 2:
(UK, legal, obsolete) The lord's power or privilege of holding a court in a district, as in manor or lordship; jurisdiction of causes, and the limits of that jurisdiction.
(UK, obsolete) Liberty or privilege of tenants excused from customary burdens.
(UK, obsolete) An exclusive privilege formerly claimed by millers of grinding all the corn used within the manor or township in which the mill stands.
As an adverb sic
is thus; thus written.As a verb sic
is to mark with a bracketed sic.As a noun soc is
sociology or social science.As an initialism SOC is
initialism of w:System-on-a-Chip|System-on-(a-)Chip|lang=en.sic
English
(wikipedia sic)Etymology 1
From (etyl) .Adverb
(-)Usage notes
The word sic may be used in brackets to show that an uncommon or archaic]] usage is reported faithfully: for instance, quoting the [[:w:United States Constitution, U.S. Constitution: : The House of Representatives shall chuse [sic ] their Speaker ... It may also be used to highlight a perceived error, sometimes for the purpose of ridicule, as in this example from : : Warehouse has been around for 30 years and has 263 stores, suggesting a large fan base. The chain sums up its appeal thus: "styley [sic], confident, sexy, glamorous, edgy, clean and individual, with it's [sic] finger on the fashion pulse."'>citation Since it is not an abbreviation, it does not require a following period.See also
* shurely shome mishtake (A jocular alternative to sic.)Verb
(sicc)- E. Belfort Bax wrote "... the modern reviewer's taste is not really shocked by half the things he sics or otherwise castigates."''E. Belfort Bax. ''
On Some Forms of Modern Cant
. Commonweal: 7 May 1887. Marxists’ Internet Archive: 14 Jan. 2006
Etymology 2
Variant of (seek).Alternative forms
* sickVerb
(sicc)- He sicced his dog on me!
- Sic 'em, Mitzi.
Usage notes
* The sense of "set upon" is most commonly used as an imperative, in a command to an animal.References
Anagrams
* * * * ----soc
English
Etymology 1
Noun
(en noun)- We get jumped by the Socs . I'm not sure how you spell it, but it's the abbreviation for the Socials, the jet set, the West-side rich kids.