Only when I hear a fully-qualified medical doctor announce, "Yes, she died of massive heart fail," will I begin to accept the subculturally-enforced shortened form of the word failure.
Until then, file it under 21st century laziness of the worst kind. Along with this:
#dalefarmpikies Making placards reading, "Eff off back to Ireland, you scum!" may seem like a waste of time and effort, but wiser heads than mine hold counter-insurgency very dear, and make the case that travellers who don't travel really ought to be called something else. (
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-14978942)