Her most famous peccadillo was streaking through a cricket field while a very competitive match was in progress.
Last fall Jackson received a similar free ride about a far more minor peccadillo: his brief and ill-advised commercial endorsement of a chain of business schools.
Headstrong, undisciplined, sometimes self-righteous, he is a man who has a predilection for shooting himself in the foot over a principle--or a peccadillo.
David Gardner in Rocky Mountain News Once all the messages are sorted through, the blow-back could range from "anything from a peccadillo, to something that leads to his ouster and even worse legal problems," said David Gardner, co-founder of The Motley Fool.