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Foilsick

adj. Feeling ashamed after revealing a little too much of yourself to someone--allowing them too clear a view of your pettiness, your anger, your cowardice, your childlike vulnerability--wishing you could somehow take back the moment, discreetly bolting the door after a storm had already blown it off its hinges.

Etymology

Scottish Gaelic foillsich, to expose.

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