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Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 

The crappy name the Yanks gave to the first Harry Potter book, actually called Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone. Was changed because they didn't think Americans would understand the word philosopher. Which is a good point I suppose.
Me: Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first book in the Harry Potter series :)

American Nerd: Isn't it called Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone? :/

Me: Ugh, I hate Yanks. -.-

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone 

The CORRECT title for the first installment of the well known Harry Potter book or film series. JK Rowling has personally said that her biggest regret about the series is the name change in some countries, and she thinks of it as 'Philosopher's'.

It makes much more sense calling it 'Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' as a Philosopher's Stone is a real item that alchemists tried to create hundreds of years ago. Nicholas Flamel is also known to have been working on this. Throughout history, there is no record of any concept known as the 'Sorcerer's Stone'.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first novel in the Harry Potter series written by J. K. Rowling and featuring Harry Potter, a young wizard. It describes how Harry discovers he is a wizard, makes close friends and a few enemies at the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, and with the help of his friends thwarts an attempted comeback by the evil wizard Lord Voldemort, who killed Harry's parents when Harry was one year old.

the Harry Potter series 

Person 1: You know, a lot of people have likened the emerging Twilight series to the glory of the Harry Potter series.

Person 2: It's time for the rapture.

Harry Potter Series

A seven book series by the author J.K. Rowling; about a young boy who discovers he is a wizard and is going to attend Hogwarts School Of Witchcraft and Wizardry at age 11. Along the way he encounters many perils.
"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live"
-Dumbledore
Harry Potter Series by Kortnee November 17, 2003

Harry Potter Syndrome 

The feeling you get after experiencing an amazing year, month or any extensive time period, and then following that with a horrendously average time period.
Many college freshmen experience the harry potter syndrome in the summer after their first year.

Harry Potter separation anxiety

the empty feeling you feel when you realize that as of July 2011, there will be no new installments of Harry Potter, and that the Deathly Hallows is going to make you cry because it will all be over.
Person 1: "Man, I can't believe how good Deathly Hallows was."

Person 2: "Yeah, this just means I'm gonna have a bad case of Harry Potter separation anxiety now that it's over."