PT - JOURNAL ARTICLE AU - Lazar, Jan TI - DP - 2013 Jun 1 TA - Romanica Olomucensia PG - 15--19 VI - 25 IP - 1 AID - 10.5507/ro.2013.002 IS - 18034136 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.