PT Journal AU Lazar, J SO Romanica Olomucensia PY 2013 BP 15 EP 19 VL 25 IS 1 DI 10.5507/ro.2013.002 DE Internet; chat; nickname; anthroponym. AB This article focuses on anthroponyms forming the nicknames used by Internet users, particularly in real time communication on the Internet, i.e. chat communication. The main objective is to suggest a classification of nicknames based on an anthroponym and bring their exact quantification in this particular type of electronic communication. The richness of nicknames is illustrated by concrete examples taken from the corpus. ER