>does it help to have words like *stutter* or a *speech block*? Yes, I think these terms are helpful. What would be the verb form of "speech dysfluency"? For example, I currently might say something like, "I stuttered when I gave my presentation today", "I'm worried I might stutter at the party tonight", "Could you tell I had a few speech blocks during my presentation?" "I had to paraphrase my lines because I was going to stutter".