It is my understanding that the reason it is called “3 meals” is because we are required to eat 3 meals on Shabbos, but don’t get “credit” for the first two until we’ve eaten the third.
Oh well. I guess since I refuse (on grammatical principle) to call the third meal “Shalosh Seudos,” I don’t ever get any credit. Yet another sign that I’m going to lowest depths of Hell in the afterlife.
The Wolf