ad lib. - ad libitum; as much as you like ibid. - ibidem; in the same source op. cit. - opere citato; in the work already mentioned pp - per pro; on behalf of sic - sic; thus, or literally viz - videlicet; that is to say, namely
... never understood how we got from videlicet to viz ... and, of course, donning the rc apex of pedantry, we can point out that sic isn't an abbreviation (sic).
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