Rhyming slang all cases, omitting, from the end of the phrase, the secondary rhyming word (which is thereafter implied), making the origin and meaning of the phrase elusive to listeners not in the know. The form that is followed is made clear with the following example. The rhyming phrase "apples and pears" evolved to mean "stairs". Following the pattern of omission, "and pears" is dropped, thus the spoken phrase "I'm going up the apples" means "I'm going up the stairs". The following are further common examples of these phrases: Thus a construction of the following type could conceivably arise: "It nearly knocked
Indonesian slang what gitu loh!"", meaning "who cares?!" or quite simply "so what!" with added emphasis from the phrase ""gitu loh"". ""Gitu"" is an abbreviated form of the Indonesian word ""begitu"" meaning "like that/ such as", while ""loh"" (also spelt "lho") is a particle commonly used in slang or conversational Indonesian to show surprise or instigate a warning. In these cases of combined, interlingual phrases, the original spelling (and quite often the pronunciation) of the foreign word(s) are retained. Hence, the English component of the Indonesian slang phrase ""so what gitu loh!"" remains relatively unchanged as far as spelling and pronunciation are