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It sounds crazy, but I'll assign it anyway.
Nomenclature of organic compounds.
Yes, I know having to memorise the priority of naming them (salts > carboxylic acids > acid anhydrides > esters > acyl chlorides > amides > nitriles > aldehydes > ketones > alcohols > phenols > amines > double bonds > triple bonds > single bonds > ethers > alkyl halides, or I could be wrong somewhere) isn't worth it in the long run, but I'm amazed that the IUPAC came up with it at all. Besides, it's fun to name those weird lines with scattered letters.
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