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Mottleheadedmot-l-hed-id
adj. Feeling uneasy when socializing with odd combinations of friends and family, or friends and colleagues, or colleagues and family--mixing a medley of ingredients that don't typically go together, which risks either watering down your identity into gray mush, or accidentally triggering some sort of explosion.
Etymology
From motley, comprising incongruous elements + headed. Pronounced “mot-l-hed-id.”
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