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by jurynulifcation 1059 days ago
I see that someone has already mentioned that it is indeed "amok". However, another slight correction: "/s" is an internet tone indicator for sarcasm. "sic"(?) stands for "spelling is correct." When simply stated, as a parenthetical like so "caret (sic) and a stick" then it means the writet is confident their spelling is correct. When posited as a question, as in "ammock (sic?)" then it expresses the authors' non-confidence in their spelling and is also an invitation for correction.
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> "sic"(?) stands for "spelling is correct." (sic)

sic is Latin. ‘Spelling is correct’ is a backronym.

And you’d use it in writing to point out that the quoted thing is not an error or typo on the editor’s part.

I read their “/s” to mean sarcasm as in “haha, I don’t really think agile is a CIA thing” and then their question mark to mean “but maybe?”
Oh fair. I had not considered that interpretation.