"The use of the word hot to refer to something sexually arousing also dates back to the 1500s"
Manuscript by Muffet (cc by)
An amazing thread on Ask MetaFilter has a simple premise: What are some current-sounding phrases that go back further than you would think--used the way we use them today? The thread is filled with gems like this jawdropper:
"Newfangled" appears in Chaucer's works, circa 1390
