Pochemuchka

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A pochemuchka (Russian: почемучка) is a person, often a child, who asks a lot of questions. The word was inspired by a well-known Russian children's book titled Alyosha Pochemuchka, which tells the story of a highly inquisitive five- or six-year-old boy. The name, in turn, comes from the Russian pochemu (почему), meaning "why."

The term pochemuchka has no single word equivalent in the English language. The term gained currency in English after it was named in a BBC article as among the most difficult words (in any language) to translate.

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