What does (sic) mean when its written in, say an article in a magazine or newspaper?

Question

What does (sic) mean when its written in, say an article in a magazine or newspaper?

Answer 1

sic = "said in context"

Answer 2

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

Answer 3

It means that we are publishing the mistake in grammar or spelling and are not responsible for it but we are letting you know that we know it is there.

Answer 4

sic =''said in context'',