Hmm, I've found a term for a large tuple, a muckle:
http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q=define%3Amuckle&btnG=Search&meta= Definitions of muckle on the Web: * batch: (often followed by `of') a large number or amount or extent; "a batch of letters"; "a deal of trouble"; "a lot of money"; "he made a mint on the stock market"; "it must have cost plenty" wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn - Pad -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list