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I think the "experts" should call it water gas phase.
It seems to me that "vapor" is the accepted term.
Personally, I blame phase diagrams for part of the problem. I think they
confuse students. Students don't realize what the P refers to (it is
pressure of the substance at equilibrium, no?)
and end up thinking that the
gas phase of water cannot exist below 100C
or that gas and liquid water
cannot coexist except in rare circumstances.