pba- chareimim/prushim are the tzibbur started by the talmidei haGra and the baal ahem. They joined when they all came to EY. The hasidim compromised on their minhagim and nusach etc., and the talmidim of the Gaon on their dress, which the chasidim saw to be more important. The term chareidi was later applied more generally to the chassidish/litvish older yerushalmi community, and somehow nowadays, wrongly i think, has become associated with the righter wing of yiddishkeit. sources abound but i cant think of one now. in any case, calling everyone besides mo chareidi is laughable, its simply a misnomer.
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