Brady Bunch

English Etymology A reference to the television sitcom The Brady Bunch, which featured the joining of two single-parent families. Noun Brady Bunch A large number of children in a family; a large family. en 2006 Bill McKibben The Age of Missing Information 67 http://books.google.com/books?id=VBQbAQAAIAAJ&q=%22And+even+if+individuals+can+afford+it,+it%27s+also+become+clear+that+the+planet+probably+can%27t%22&dq=%22And+even+if+individuals+can+afford+it,+it%27s+also+become+clear+that+the+planet+probably+can%27t%22&hl=en&ei=-G3mTaaAEYqmugP14rSRCw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CC8Q6AEwAQ And even if individuals can afford it, it's also become clear that the planet probably can't — that the world, were it composed of a billion Brady Bunches, would buckle under the environmental strain. en 2007 Jessica Inclan Believe in Me 12 http://books.google.com/books?id=apz5ZpUxIvAC&pg=PA12&dq=%22I+haven%27t+heard+anything+from+Sariel+or+Rufus,+not+that+I+hear+anything+from+those+two+and+their%22&hl=en&ei=ZGzmTfK1No2ovQOqrej5Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22I%20haven%27t%20heard%20anything%20from%20Sariel%20or%20Rufus%2C%20not%20that%20I%20hear%20anything%20from%20those%20two%20and%20their%22&f=false I haven't heard anything from Sariel or Rufus, not that I hear anything from those two and their respective Brady Bunches except for reports on babies and pregnancy stages. Children in a family who are from previous partnerships of the parents; a family that includes children from previous partnerships of the parents. en 1984 Jane O'Reilly The Girl I Left Behind 60 http://books.google.com/books?id=_G1k3bH8qfYC&q=%22The+other+families+group+themselves+differently:+empty+nests,+single+parents%22&dq=%22The+other+families+group+themselves+differently:+empty+nests,+single+parents%22&hl=en&ei=22zmTezTC4PCvgPZ4ODuCg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA The other families group themselves differently: empty nests, single parents, working mothers, spinsters with cats, curmudgeons with canes, the Brady bunches, reconstituted households of halves, steps, formers, and presents. en 2002 Center for the Study of the Child, Oakland Community College Witness 16 http://books.google.com/books?id=qNtZAAAAMAAJ&q=%22I+have+only+one+child+gone+and+not+a+gaggle+like+the+Kennedys%22&dq=%22I+have+only+one+child+gone+and+not+a+gaggle+like+the+Kennedys%22&hl=en&ei=Vm3mTZi0Ooe6vQPMrOz0Cg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCkQ6AEwAA 127 I have only one child gone and not a gaggle like the Kennedys, like the Brady Bunches of steps and halves of children that went off wholesale with her, so I suppose I don't have as much anger. en terms derived from fiction eponyms en Fictional characters