OIC (pronounced the same as "oik" or "oick") is also the acronym of Officer in Charge, the official title of those in charge of Australian Antarctic bases until a decade or so ago; the OIC's donga (residence) was known as "The Oikery", partly for its euphonics and probably because of the research on penguin rookeries.

But now such OICs are called (officially) Station Leaders.

Cheers, Rowan