1. the time by which something must be finished, submitted, etc. 2. (formerly) a boundary around a military prison beyond which a prisoner could not venture without risk of being shot by the guards.
While it's important to talk with your doctor about the cause of your slurred speech, slurred speech caused by anxiety is not dangerous. It's not a sign that you have something else coming, or that your brain will somehow be inefficient for handling life tasks in the future.
Some of the types of speech impairments include: 1  Dysarthria, a physical weakness or paralysis of the speech muscles caused by nerve or brain damage. 2  Dysprosody, characterized by changes in the intensity of volume, timing of words, and rhythm and intonation of words while speaking.