Harry Potter Fans HATE The New American Word For ‘Muggle’

There’s a bit of a storm brewing in the wizarding world of Harry Potter…

Fans of the series have just discovered the new word for ‘muggle’ – the term J.K. Rowling invented to describe non-magic folk in her Harry Potter series – which will be used in the spin-off movie 'Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them’.

And they’re not in the least bit happy about it.

Muggles in 'Fantastic Beasts’, which is set in 1920s New York, will be called 'no-maj’ – as in 'no magic’.

As with anything Potter-related, fans have become rather vocal about this change in the vernacular, and nearly all seem to hate it.

Twitter is now wallowing in disappointment over the too-literal-sounding term, many berating it for not being imaginative enough.

Oh dear…

Voices of support do exist, but they’re in a notable minority.

The unpopular revelation came after the first images from the movie, starring Eddie Redmayne, were unveiled by Entertainment Weekly.

Luckily, they seemed to go down better than no-majgate has.

Redmayne stars as the 'magizoologist’ Newt Scamander, author of the text of the movie’s title, set long before Potter and his chums enrolled at Hogwarts.

It also stars Katherine Waterston as Porpentina Goldstein, Alison Sudol as Queenie Goldstein and Ezra Miller as Credence. and it’s out on November 18, 2016.

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Image credits: EW/Warner Bros/Twitter