Keystorking in a word/phrase

This might be a question for the 'Tiger' Discussions but I'm working on a project in Numbers right now so maybe there's a Numbers specific answer.
Anyway...
I'm finding that I'm typing in the same phrase over and over again. I'm wondering that if, to save time, there's a command/keystroke I can use to simply drop this phrase in for me?
Any idea if there is such a way in Numbers or Tiger in general that will allow me to do that.
So, for instance, instead of typing "Cargo, purple peanuts and dinosaurs EX2P1" about 15 times in a document I can just hit, let's say "Command+EX" or something along those lines.
Thanks,
Andy

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