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Matt Watkins is CEO of Watkins Public Affairs.

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Word Jumble: When Nonprofits Talk Fancy, America Tunes Out

Our language is packed with elite-sounding jargon. It is ineffective — and dangerous — amid today’s heightened distrust of institutions and growing hostility to the sector.