One of the most daunting aspects for new chatters is the bewildering assortment of coded letters and symbols that appear in chat room messages. For some people it can feel as though they have stepped into a world that is speaking an entirely different language.
However, once you get the hang of the abbreviations, acronyms and emoticons, they can be a great way to speed up your writing and to clarify the meaning of ambiguous text. In this section, we've put together a glossary of the most commonly used terms and symbols, to help you to crack the Internet chat code.