2007-02-09 20:26:29 · 6 answers · asked by littleflower 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Words & Wordplay
BBF: (Bitstream Boggle Factor) the tendency for “Bitstream” readers' eyes to roll back into their heads as the dense geek-speak causes the reader to fall into a deep sleep.
Sic 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
LOL: Laughs out loud
2007-02-09 21:00:59 · answer #1 · answered by Azrael 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Sic is a Latin word, originally sicut meaning "thus", "so", 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. The word sic may be used either to show that an uncommon or archaic usage is reported faithfully: for instance, quoting the U.S. Constitution: The House of Representatives shall chuse [sic] their Speaker... or to highlight an error, often for the purpose of ridicule or irony, as in this example: 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.” If text containing a quote is itself quoted in a third text, it may not be possible for a reader to tell whether any "[sic]" in the inner quote was added by the writer of the second text or the writer of the third text, or whether the anomaly highlighted was introduced by the first writer or the second. The word sic is sometimes erroneously thought to be an acronym from any of a vast number of phrases such as "spelling is correct", "same in copy", "spelled incorrectly", "said in context", or "sans intention comique" (French: without comic intent). These "backronyms" are all false etymologies.
2016-05-24 21:45:16 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
bbf = Best friend Forever
sic = Thats not EXACTLY what they said, but this is what I heard
2007-02-09 20:29:41 · answer #3 · answered by Debi in LA 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol is laughing out loud
roflmao is rolling on floor laughing my a** off
bbf and sic i have no idea sorry
brb is be right back
2007-02-09 20:28:59 · answer #4 · answered by sydneygal 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i second what azrael has said!
2007-02-09 21:10:21 · answer #5 · answered by Angie28 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i don't know
2007-02-09 20:37:02 · answer #6 · answered by Chustar Of Naija 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋