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Kai.Grossjohann@CS.Uni-Dortmund.DE writes:

> Is it possible to define group name abbreviations, available for use
> in `B m' or M-x gnus-group-jump-to-group RET prompts?  (Without
> renaming the group, that is.)

I think the thing to do is to just use abbrev mode, define some nice
abbrevs, and use those.  (I assume that one can use abbrevs in the
minibuffer...) 

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