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you're looking for text expander software.
or you could use DuckDuckGo, its !bang feature lets you directly search on a website you want. searching "Beatles !mb" will redirect you to MusicBrainz' search results, for example.
Firefox has keyword bookmarks which is basically identical to bangs but you can customize them to your preference and they don't require sending your query to a third-party remote service.
Just set the "Keyword" option in a bookmark and type
mykeyword fooin the URL bar to search using your bookmarkmykeyword. I use a lot of one-character keywords such asmforhttps://www.google.ca/maps?q=%s,gforhttps://www.google.com/search?q=%s,dforhttps://www.dndbeyond.com/search?q=%sand similar. I also have a keywordewhich runs a bookmarklet that fills in a one-time email into the currently focused input field.sure, it's just a pain in the ass to set up for more than a few search options.
IDK, maybe I have a particularly bad memory but it is basically as easy for me to bookmark a URL as it is to lookup and remember a bang that they defined. Plus local will always be faster, more private and more secure.