(some) Firefly flans call themselves Browncoats (Remember, the hot movie from Universal is out this September! :)

A split pin is also a split key, because both are used to lock or fasten pieces of machinery together.

things insipid, and without any extimulation

Diana’s face was clearly before him through the deluge; now in single features, the dimple running from her mouth, the dark bright eyes and cut of eyelids, and nostrils alive under their lightning; now in her whole radiant smile, or musefully listening, nursing a thought.