A round of applause or making a point?

I speak with my hands.  I am a very physical speaker both with my face and my gestures.  The other day in one of my freshman classes, I made a statement to a student and clapped my hands after every word.  I wanted to emphasize what I was saying.  This was met with much more laughter than I expected.

Coincidentally, there was a Tweet I saw a few days later that had the handclap emoji between each word.  Ahhh.....

The hand clap emoji when used in succession is a round of applause

Why thank you!

Betweeneachwordemphasizesyourpoint

Look at me being all relevant without meaning to.

Where did this come from?

According to the website Bustle, and several others I looked at, it comes from the African American culture.  It  is called "The Black Girl Clap" used often when a woman is explaining something (generally to a man).

But online, according to Slate.com, it's become aggressive.  When you do this you are basically saying-you are an idiot, my opinion is the only one that matters.

That's pretty mean.  I'm not a mean social media person, so this is not my favorite.  I think I will be sticking to using the hand clap for applause.