Sentence:  “I did not like to mention it before Miss Wickham, as she and Mr Herring are engaged, for one is always loath to occasion anxiety, but that young man has a neurosis.” “He isn't always as dippy as he looked just now.” “Nevertheless–” “And let me tell you something, Roddy. If you were as up against it as he is, you'd have a neurosis, too.” And feeling that it would do no harm to get his views on the Kipper situation, I unfolded the tale. “So you see the <WSD>posish</WSD>,” I concluded. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  Position, situation.