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HTML

<textarea id="description" name="description"></textarea>   

<div id="emoticons">
    <a href="#" title=":)"><img alt=":)" border="0" src="http://markitup.jaysalvat.com/examples/markitup/sets/bbcode/images/emoticon-happy.png" /></a>
    <a href="#" title=":("><img alt=":(" border="0" src="http://markitup.jaysalvat.com/examples/markitup/sets/bbcode/images/emoticon-unhappy.png" /></a>
    <a href="#" title=":o"><img alt=":o" border="0" src="http://markitup.jaysalvat.com/examples/markitup/sets/bbcode/images/emoticon-surprised.png" /></a>
</div>

JavaScript

$('#emoticons a').click(function(){

    var smiley = $(this).attr('title');
    $('#description').val($('#description').val()+" "+smiley+" ");

});