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The FBI estimates there are at least 40,000 such chat-rooms.

From Economist • Jul. 24, 2014

Photograph: Andrew Parsons Thanks to the on-the-hoof style of chat-rooms and the curtailed nature of the text message and tweet, online abbreviations are now an established part of written English.

From The Guardian • Jun. 6, 2013

But the next morning, as WBC members and counter-protesters gathered in Newtown, Conn., and Anonymous-affiliated chat-rooms buzzed with discussion of “#opWestboro” and “#opWBC,” Twitter dropped a bombshell.

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2012

So while you're receiving a political message one character at a time, ParanoidLinux is pretending to surf the Web and fill in questionnaires and flirt in chat-rooms.

From Little Brother by Doctorow, Cory