The word "这咱" is formed by combining the demonstrative "这" (meaning "this") with the colloquial abbreviation "咱", which derives from "早晚" (meaning "time" or "morning and evening"). In dialectal usage, "咱" phonetically condenses "早晚", and together with "这", it creates a term meaning "at this time" or "now", representing a contracted form used in informal speech.