1) The depression one feels when one's lover is experiencing heavy flow menstruation and sex is not an option.
2) The frustration of abstaining from sex while experiencing menstruation
Derived from the words "rag and "blue" which describe a sanitary napkin and the color of testicles containing overabundant semen respectively.
1)"What's the matter? Not getting any from Amy?"
"It's been the ragtime blues lately."
2)"What's the matter, Amy? Ragtime Blues?"
That silly cow next door is screaming at her kids again; Seems to happen about every 4 weeks so I guess it must be a touch of the ol' Ragtime Blues.