I’ve heard of the van doghouse but not “dog leg” or “dog ****” (have to remember that one )

A friend told me that when his parents first married, his mother said to his father
“YOU paid WHAT!!?? …. for a DOG HOUSE!!!”

She was from Michigan.

Ive lived in N.KY all my life and have called it both a front clip and a dog house.


Thats interesting.

I'm from Indiana and we say "dog-house" or "front-clip"

Also when a vehicle has frame damage and drives crooked we say it "dog-tracks"

that one'* used here too, my car was soing that when i bought it

I know a dog house as where my dog sleeps and the hump that covers the engine in a van. I never have heard of it as a front clip...interesting...