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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun An emoticon, especially a smiling facial glyph [ :‑) ] used to express delight or to indicate humor or irony.
  • adjective Having a cheerful and happy disposition; smiling.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective Cheerful and happy; smiling.
  • noun rare A simplified representation of a smiling face.
  • noun Internet A sequence of keyboard characters used to represent a person's mood or emotion, especially :) or :-) or other smiling depiction.
  • noun slang Having one's throat slit from side to side.
  • noun rare An improvised street weapon consisting of a length of chain with padlocks and other heavy objects affixed to one end.

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