From the song by Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, used to describe the depressed feeling you get about the modern world in general. An abattoir is a slaughterhouse, so the term, in a more in depth way, means you feel the world is lining itself up for slaughter, much like cows do at a slaughterhouse.
Man 1: Hey, are you all right? You've seemed kinda depressed lately.
Man 2: Oh, it's okay, I've just got a case of abattoir blues.
or a.P.A.t.T.
Refering to British Avant Garde act.
Originally meaning "a Positive Approach to Totality" written on the side of a the artists first original recording but going on to mean anything and everything to their fans.
a Positive Approach to Totality
a Pathetic Attempt to Tune
american Parents Against tired Truckers
almost Perfect Apple tarts Tonite
a Place At the Table